Garmon v. Thornton’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
January 1992
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Birmingham Electric Co. v. Harry
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The language of [Amendment 2] is much broader than that of Amendment [43] affecting Etowah and Cherokee Counties in that [Amendment 2] relates to costs and charges of court which, as above indicated, are not included in the amendment affecting Etowah and Cherokee Counties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“place Etowah County without the operation and effect of § 96 of the Constitution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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