291 So. 2d 778 - Garrison v. Connick’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently November 2007
17 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Vidrine v. Eldred · Dowling v. Orleans Parish Democratic Committee · Lewis v. Democratic Executive Committee · Landry v. Ozenne · Andrews v. Blackman
Most-quoted passages
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“"[I]f the Court finds the proven frauds and irregularities are of such a serious nature as to deprive the voters of the free expression of their will, it will decree the nullity of the entire election . . ." See Garrison v. Connick, La., 291 So.2d 778 (1974); Dowling v. Orleans Parish Democratic Committee, 235 La. 62 , 102 So.2d 755 (1958); Lewis v. Democratic Executive Committee, 232 La. 732 , 95 So.2d 292 (1957).”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“test doggedly followed by this Court in Davis is the general rule. But generalities are not without exceptions. Generally, charges of fraud and irregularities are not sufficient to state a cause of action; and generally as found in Davis allegations of the petition must show a sufficient number of contested votes to change the results of the election or the exception will be maintained. But, the Supreme Court even in Moreau recognized that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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