State Ex Rel. Brown v. Bailey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * * * The mere failure to give sufficient, or any, notice, in some isolated or small precinct would not, standing alone, invalidate the election. "* * * “A notice of election must substantially comply with the required legal notice and must be definite and not misleading: 5 McQuillin, Mun. Corp. (2d Ed.) §2356.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Witham v. McNutt

2. “‘ ‘ Any failure strictly to comply with the requirements of the statute in respect to giving notice will not invalidate the election unless a different result could have been possible in the entire district affected by the majority vote.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Witham v. McNutt

3. ““ * * * It is laid down as a rule, in 15 Cyc. 326, that, where an election has been held and the will of the voters has been executed by the proper authority, it may be presumed that due notice of the election was given. * * * ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Witham v. McNutt