Henderson v. Gladish’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

57 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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““To hold that one who had complied with the law by regular payment of the tax, hut who becomes the victim of a careless, a designing, or an uninformed collector or deputy, would have the effect of completely disregarding the primary qualification of an elector, which, as has been shown, is the actual timely payment of the tax.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Logan v. Moody · Blackard v. Kolb

2. ““All provisions of the election law are mandatory, if enforcement is sought before election in a direct proceeding for that purpose; but after election all should be held directory only, in support of the result, unless of a character to effect an obstruction of the free and intelligent casting of the vote or to the ascertainment of the result, or unless the provision affects an essential element of the election, or unless it is expressly declared by the statute that the particular act is essential to the validity of the election, or that its omission shall render it void.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Parker v. Hendricks

3. “exhibit a poll tax receipt or other evidence that they have paid their poll tax at the time of collecting taxes next preceding such election.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stephens v. O'Neel