Barretta v. Cocreham’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Appellees’ first reason for the dismissal of the appeal — that is, that the question here presented is moot — in our opinion has no merit. Under the provisions of Section 2, Subsection (g), Paragraph 3, of Act No. 203 of 1944 (page 595), and of Section 5, Subsection (c), Paragraph 3, of Act No. 214 of 1944 (page 638), no wholesale or retail dealer’s permit shall be issued to any person, firm, or corporation applying therefor whose permit, issued under the provisions of these acts, has been revoked within five years next preceding the application. It therefore follows that, in the event that the revocation of appellant’s permits was legal and proper, then, under the provisions of the acts, he would be denied permits for the ensuing five-year period. He therefore has an interest in determining whether or not the law under which the permits were revoked is constitutional.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Allen v. Louisiana Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control