Pearce v. Doyle’s Empirical Analysis
1920
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 1934
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Williams v. Buchanan · Logan v. Russell · Rhodes v. Driver · Buchanan v. Parham · Davis v. Moore
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The Brundidge Act takes no notice of the division of counties into separate judicial districts for the purpose of election contests provided therein, but, for the office of representative, and for county and township offices, the county is considered as an entirety.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Holmes v. Waggoner
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.