Gerding v. Wald’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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

1. ““This statute plainly states that the first Monday in May in the year in which municipal officers are elected is the deadline for the passage of an ordinance fixing their compensation. In order for the ordinance to be valid under the statute it would have had to be passed not later than the first Monday in May 1953, since 1953 was the year in which the Board members were elected.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wells v. Roberts

2. ““ * * * In the case of city officers elected by popular vote for terms commencing after June 30, 1950, the annual compensation of the officer shall be fixed by the city legislative body not later than the first Monday in May in the year in which such officers are elected, and shall not be changed during the term. * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wells v. Roberts