Futurewise v. Reed’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]f an initiative otherwise meets procedural requirements, is legislative in nature, and its `fundamental and overriding purpose' is within the State's broad power to enact, it is not subject to preelection review.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Port Angeles v. Our Water-Our Choice · City of Port Angeles v. Our Water-Our Choice

2. “any action or combination of actions by the legislature that raises taxes may be taken only if approved by a two-thirds vote of each house of the legislature, and then only if state expenditures in any fiscal year, including the new revenue, will not exceed the state expenditure limits established under this chapter. Pursuant to the referendum power set forth in Article II, section 1(b) of the state Constitution, tax increases may be referred to the voters for their approval or rejection at an election.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Owen · Brown v. Owen

3. “[t]hat the law enacted by an initiative might be unconstitutional does not mean that it is beyond the power of the State to enact.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Owen