Becker v. Riviere’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “upon the person or persons attacking the validity of the petition.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Roberts v. Priest · Christian Civic Action Committee v. McCuen

2. “By far the most significant change that the proposed amendment would allow is the abrogation of the present 10 per cent limit on interest rates. We think the proposed ballot title sufficiently puts a voter on notice of this change by stating “the maximum rate of interest shall not exceed 10 percent except by law enacted by two-thirds vote of the general assembly” and that it and the proposed popular name both fairly identify the true purpose of the amendment. We reject petitioners’ contention that the ballot title is defective because it does not indicate the present constitutional limit on interest rates is 10 per cent per annum. The ballot tide is not required to state the present interest limitation, nor to summarize the Arkansas law on usury____The fact that it is an amendment is sufficient to inform that change will result.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cox v. Daniels