District of Columbia v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

112 federal appellate · 58 district · 97 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 437 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““One’s testimony with regard to his intention is of course to be given full and fair consideration, but is subject to the infirmity of any self-serving declaration, and may frequently lack persuasiveness or even be contradicted or negatived by other declarations and inconsistent acts.””

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Furr v. Lordy (In Re Lordy) · Sanial v. Bossoreale

2. ““Whether or not one votes where he claims domicile is highly relevant but by no means controlling. Each State prescribes for itself the qualifications of its voters, and each has its own machinery for determining compliance with such qualifications. A vote cast without challenge and adjudication may indicate only laxity of the state officials, and even an adjudication of the right to vote cannot preclude the levy of a tax by an arm of the Federal Government. On the other hand, failure to vote elsewhere is, of course, not conclusive that domicile is here.” Id. at 456-457 , 62 S.Ct. at 310 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 472 F. Supp. 1073 - United States v. Scott · 362 F. Supp. 1172 - Hayes v. Board of Regents of Kentucky State University

3. ““A man does not acquire a domicile in the District simply by coming here to live for an indefinite period of time while in the Government service. * * *»”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stamer v. United States · 259 F. Supp. 505 - Allen v. Maryland Casualty Company