Sparkman v. Saylor’s Empirical Analysis
1918
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently June 1979 · most notably McKinney v. Barker (1918), Hardy v. Russell (1918)
30 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Ward v. Howard · Lay v. Rose · Hays v. Combs · Kirk v. Sampson
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““So, .it seems to us the provision as to the time for filing the pre-election statement cannot be held to be mandatory upon any theory of the purposes intended to be accomplished thereby, and every reason exists for holding it directory merely in such respect if the terms of the act will permit, since, in the absence of corrupt practices, after a reasonable and substantial compliance with the provisions of the act by the candidate, no reason whatever exists for denying to him the fruits of such a victory, nor to the voters the officer of their choice; and we are extremely reluctant to do so upon doubtful or less than clear and unmistakable authority.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Best v. Sidebottom““'The legislative intent therefor was doubtless twofold: First, that voters, from an inspection of the pre-election statement which was required to be open to public inspection, might understand the influences being exerted on behalf of the several candidates; and, second, that an election might be annulled upon a contest under certain conditions which had been procured by corrupt practices, evidence of which would be disclosed or indicated by one or the other or both of the required statements.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Best v. Sidebottom““An act to promote pure elections, primaries and conventions, and to prevent corrupt practice in the same; to limit the expenses of candidates; to prescribe the duties of candidates and providing penalties and remedies for violations, and declaring void, under certain conditions, elections in which these provisions or any of them have been violated. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ridings v. Jones
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.