Kirk v. Carter’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. “a simple refusal to hear and decide the case; and this [C]ourt having held that no appeal lies from such refusal, it is exactly the case to which the highly remedial writ of mandamus is most frequently applied, in order to prevent a defect or failure of justice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Horan

2. “[i]n judging of such election or return, the court shall proceed on the merits thereof and decide the same according to the [C]onstitution and laws,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Horan

3. “to require the three-judge court . . . to hear and determine an election contest . . . instituted by the petitioners.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Horan