Smith v. Burkhalter’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 547 So. 2d 870 - West v. Founders Life Assur. Co. of Florida · 538 So. 2d 794 - Bass v. SOUTHTRUST BANK OF BALDWIN CTY. · 496 So. 2d 756 - Wilson v. Brown · Blue Cross and Blue Shield v. Hodurski · Williams v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
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.
“[t]he election of any person declared elected to any office of a city or town may be contested by any person who was at the time of the election a qualified elector of such city or town.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[s]uch contest shall be instituted in the manner prescribed by [§ 17-16-56, Ala. Code 1975],”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[o]nly the election of a 'person declared elected' may be contested under § 11-46-69”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.