Nahlen v. Woods’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 1974
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McLaughlin, Trustee v. Retherford · Whittaker v. Carter · State v. Lindsay · Morrilton v. Comes · Hobart v. Duvall
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.
“In the first place, the legislature is prohibited by our constitution from delegating such authority of repeal. ‘No municipal corporation shall be authorized to pass any law contrary to the general laws of the State. . . . (citing Art. 12, § 4, supra, and cases)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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