Zerr v. Tilton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The plaintiffs’ claim is that they don’t receive the service and accordingly the above provision exempts them from the fees. Again, plaintiffs’ construction is strained. The collection service is available to each plaintiff. Pickup service is furnished at least once a week to all persons who are billed. The fact that plaintiffs voluntarily chose not to avail themselves of the service is not susceptible of the construction that they are not ‘receiving the service’ or that fees are imposed or revenue used ‘where such service is not provided.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ennis v. City of Ray

2. ““ ‘And the test generally applied is whether the contract at issue, extending beyond the term, is an attempt to bind successors in matters incident to their own administration and responsibilities or whether it is a commitment of a sort reasonably necessary to protection of the public property, interests or affairs being administered. In the former case the contract is generally held invalid and in the latter case valid.’ ” Zerr, 224 Kan. at 400 , 581 P.2d at 371 , quoting State v. City of Garnett, 180 Kan. 405, 409 , 304 P.2d 555, 558 (1956).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 318 Ill. App. 3d 478 - Cannizzo v. Berwyn Township 708 Community Mental Health Board