Vicars v. Stokely’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"A voter must strictly conform to those things which he is required by statute to do. `The weight of authority is clearly in favor of holding the voter, on the one hand, to a strict performance of those things which the law requires of him, and on the other of relieving him from the consequence of a failure on the part of election officers to perform their duties according to the letter of the statute where such failure has not prevented a fair election.' McCrary, Elections, (4th Ed.) § 724; Davis v. Walcott, Tex. Civ.App., 96 S.W.2d 817 . To hold that a voter's signature on the stub is unnecessary would be to repeal the secret ballot law of Texas, which the Legislature has enacted."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bagley v. Holt · Walker v. Thetford

2. “was occasioned by an innocent mistake and confusion about the boundary lines.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Walker v. Thetford

3. “had experienced difficulty in ascertaining the true precinct boundaries,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Walker v. Thetford