Montoy v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 6 district · 14 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “make suitable provision for finance of the educational interests of the state”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Gannon v. State · Gannon v. State

2. “[djistricts with high assessed property valués can reach the maximum LOB revenues ... with far less tax effort than those districts with lower assessed property values and lower median family incomes. Thus, the wealthier districts will be able to generate more funds for elements of a constitutionally adequate education that the State has failed to fund.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Petrella v. Brownback

3. “[tjhe legislature ... responded to our concerns about the equitable distribution of funding. Equity does not require the legislature to provide equal funding for each student or. school district.... What is required is an equitable and fair distribution of the funding to provide an opportunity for every student to obtain a suitable education.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Petrella v. Brownback