Smith v. Snell’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
April 1961
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jansky v. Baldwin · State ex rel. Goodin v. Thoman · Markham v. Cornell · Pruitt v. Squires · Borton v. Buck
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The death of a probate judge-elect, before the beginning of the term for which he was elected and without having qualified for the office, does not create a vacancy as to such term which may be filled by appointment by the Governor under the provisions of G.S. 1939 Supp. 59-206."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“"If a vacancy occurs in the office of probate judge, the governor shall appoint some qualified person to fill such vacancy until a successor shall be elected according to law."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“"All county and township officers shall hold their offices for a term of two years and until their successors are qualified * * *."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.