Holland v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

50 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Governments cannot operate if every citizen who concludes that a public official has abused his discretion is granted the right to come into court and bring such official's public acts under judicial review.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Texas Industrial Traffic League v. Railroad Commission of Texas · Meyers v. JDC/Firethorne, Ltd.

2. ““Whatever may be the rule in other jurisdictions, there can be no doubt that in Texas an action relating to elections or other matters of law enforcement, not involving questions of taxation or unlawful expenditure of public funds, cannot be maintained by a relator or plaintiff whose interest is only that of the public generally, in the absence of a valid statute authorizing the suit.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hunt v. Bass

3. ““A Texas political party is a free and voluntary association of citizens of the state. Such parties cannot operate if the courts entertain the suit of every member who concludes that he is in disagreement with its decisions. Osborne v. Keith, 142 Tex. 262 , 177 S.W.2d 198 ; Hoffman v. Davis, 128 Tex. 503 , 100 S.W.2d 94 . See Carter v. Tomlinson, 149 Tex. 7 , 227 S.W.2d 795 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lydick v. Chairman of the Dallas County Republican Executive Committee