Smith v. Lancaster’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““We find nothing on the face of the bill indicating that the difference in population is arbitrarily fixed, nor do we find anything that would justify a conclusion that it is not fixed in good faith and is not 'reasonably related to the purpose to be effected and to the difference in population which forms the basis thereof.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brittain v. Weatherly

2. “"A general law within the meaning of this article is a law which applies to the whole State; a local law is a law which applies to any political subdivision or subdivisions of the State less than the whole; * * *."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Masters v. Pruce

3. “"According to the 1950 decennial census, Etowah County had a population of 93,892. So, if the 1960 census shows an increase in its population of as little as 109 it will not then be subject to the Act ."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 833 So. 2d 40 - Walker v. City of Montgomery