Thomas v. Mims’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 3 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]o prohibit candidates from getting their names on the ballot solely because they cannot post a certain amount of money is illegal and unconstitutional. We make no such holding with respect to the exaction of a qualifying fee in future elections where the candidate can get his name on the ballot in some other fashion, either by nominating petition, primary election, or pauper’s affidavit. Whether the City in the future wishes to continue to collect reasonable qualifying fees in conjunction with such alternatives is a matter for the City to decide, (emphasis supplied).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 334 F. Supp. 179 - Socialist Workers Party v. Welch

2. “The door should not be closed on reasonable, non-arbitrary, or non-exorbitant qualifying fees as an aid to “screening out fictitious and trumped-up candidates” provided such tests that a “candidate can get his name on the ballot in some other fashion, either by nominating petition, primary election, or pauper’s affidavit,” are met.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 334 F. Supp. 179 - Socialist Workers Party v. Welch

3. “Strictly speaking, the plaintiff herein has no standing for the relief she seeks since she does not claim she was unable to pay the qualifying fee. In fact, she presented a check. However, grave constitutional questions have been presented which deserve consideration and discussion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stoner v. Fortson