Grace v. Boggs’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

35 state decisions

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

1. “I— “Petitioner is a duly qualified candidate for nomination by the Democratic Party for the Office of Governor of the State of Louisiana. “ — II— “Defendant, T. Hale Boggs, or Hale Boggs, a resident of New Orleans, filed his written notification and declaration of candidacy for nomination by the Democratic Party for the Office of Governor of the State of Louisiana. “ — III— “Petitioner annexes hereto as part hereof, a copy of her protest and objections to the candidacy of said Boggs. “ — IV— “Said protest and objections were filed with Jesse Webb, the Secretary of the State Central Committee of the Democratic Party of the State of Louisiana, in Baton Rouge on October 15, 1951. “ — V— “The Chairman of said Committee, Henry C. Sevier, was not available at his office or residence in Tallulah, Louisiana, and was absent therefrom, and petitioner could not find him on said 15th day of October 1951. “ — VI— “Said protest and objections were delivered by said Secretary to said Chairman on October 16, 1951. “ — VII— “Thereupon the said Chairman ordered the Secretary to call a meeting of said State Central Committee to he held in Baton Rouge at 11:00 a. m. on Friday, October 19, 1951, to hear said protest and objections. “ — VIII— “Before proceeding to call petitioner’s protest and objections for hearing said Committee adopted a resolution, a copy of which is attached hereto for reference. “ — IX— “Petitioner excepted to said resolution, and makes a copy of her exceptions part hereof. ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 55 So. 2d 45 - Grace v. Boggs

2. ““At the outset, we consider, ex proprio motu, whether this court has appellate jurisdiction of the case. The jurisdiction of the Court, original, appellate and supervisory, is established by Section 10 of Article 7 of the Constitution. The grant of appellate jurisdiction set forth therein is of a limited nature, being confined to seven different classes of cases. See First Nat. Life Ins. Co. v. City of New Orleans, 218 La. 9 , 48 So.2d 145 . The instant appeal, which involves solely the assertion and enforcement of a political right granted by statute, is not cognizable here under our appellate jurisdiction as defined by Section 10 of Article 7 — for, obviously, there is no amount (monetary or something capable of monetary appraisal) in controversy nor does it fall within any of the other types of cases of which we have appellate jurisdiction, even though there be no amount in dispute.” See also Allen v. Republican State Central Committee of La., 220 La. 722 , 57 So.2d 413 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State ex rel. Wood v. Lassiter

3. ““ * * * the appeal properly lies to the Court of Appeal as that Court is vested with general appellate jurisdiction of all cases of which the District Courts have exclusive original jurisdiction and ‘of which the Supreme Court is not given jurisdiction. * * * ’ Section 29 of Article 7 of the Constitution; Bunol v. Bunol, 168 La. 391 , 122 So. 121 ; Noe v. Maestri, 193 La. 382 , 190 So. 588 ; Succession of Solari, 218 La. 671 , 50 So.2d 801 and Board of Com’rs [of Port of New Orleans] v. Hibernia Nat. Bank, 219 La. 208 , 52 So.2d 753 .” Grace v. Boggs, 220 La, 22, 55 So.2d 768, 769 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Haney v. Dunn