Thompson v. Wingard’s Empirical Analysis
1948
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
April 1966
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on City Council v. West · Ex Parte Adkins · Cooper v. Town of Valley Head
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * municipal ordinances, placing restrictions upon lawful conduct, or the lawful use of property, must, in order to be valid, specify the. rules and conditions to be observed in such conduct of business; and must admit of the exercise of the privilege by all citizens alike who will comply with such rules and conditions; and must not admit of the exercise, or'of an opportunity for the exercise,' of any arbitrary discrimination by the municipal authorities between citizens who will so comply.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lee v. Renfro
How this case has been treated — in progress
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