Lefkowitz v. Cohen’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The difficulty with the position . . . is that. . . persons whose signatures are admittedly genuine and whose signatures were properly obtained, are disenfranchised through no fault of theirs and because their names happen to be on sheets which contain names that are irregular. In the absence of proof that the . . . signatures were not genuine, it would be unjust to rule out such signatures."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Citizens Committee to Recall Rizzo v. Board of Elections

2. “so as to make those who are honest chargeable with knowledge that some of the signatures are forged or fraudulent. ( Matter of Burke v. Terry, 203 N.Y. 293, 297 , 96 N.E. 931 ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 114 N.J. Super. 421 - In Re Petition of Smith

3. “simply because others over whom they have no control may have perpetrated a wrong.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 114 N.J. Super. 421 - In Re Petition of Smith