Moe v. Alsop’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Any individual may file a petition * * * for the correction of * * * (a) An error or omission in the placement or printing of the name or description of any candidate or any question on any official ballot; * * * [[Image here]] The petition shall be filed with * * * any judge of the district court in that county in the case of an election for county, municipal, or school district office.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Schiff v. Griffin

2. “An application for an order preventing the placement of a candidate’s name upon an election ballot for any office must be timely made and clearly established. The burden upon .the applicant to establish ineligibility must be a heavy one in view of the drastic nature of an affirmative order, both to the candidate and to the electorate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Studer v. Kiffmeyer

3. ““Senators and representatives shall be qualified voters of the State, and shall have resided one year in the State and six months immediately preceding the election in the district from which they are elected.” (Italics supplied.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Parsons v. Hickey