Russell v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * * * the method and procedure for amending a zoning ordinance is equally plain and unambiguous in its terms requiring a favorable vote of three-fourths of all the members of the legislative body in order to amend a zoning ordinance over the protest of 20 per cent of the property owners affected. And in view of toe provisions of the charter and of the statute and the construction placed upon similar provisions of jurisdictions where this question has been adjudicated, it is imperative that this court hold that the ordinance was not adopted by the necessary three-fourths vote of all'the members of the legisla tive body, as required by the statute. It necessarily follows that the ordinance is invalid * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Application of Reynolds