Kennedy v. Dingman’s Empirical Analysis
1935
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 1944
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Clinton v. Spencer · Township of Lake v. Millar · Hankinson v. Deake
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It must be apparent then, that this project partakes of some of the characteristics of both a sewer and a drain, and that the line of demarcation which would stamp it unmistakably as one or the other is difficult to discern. The court is firmly convinced that hair-splitting distinctions should not be resorted to as a means for invalidating a project in which large sums of public money have been expended and which adequately serves an admitted public purpose. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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