Williams v. Martin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"`the law does not authorize either the chairman or the Secretary to appoint another person to receive qualifying papers, and that the plaintiff was required to place his papers in the hands of the appropriate committee officer prior to the deadline.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 459 So. 2d 876 - Harris v. Weatherford

2. “"`. . . the Secretary of the Committee was available. Accordingly, the statute required that plaintiff file his nomination papers with him personally and not with some agent appointed by him.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 459 So. 2d 876 - Harris v. Weatherford

3. “"`The procedure outlined clearly requires that nomination papers shall be filed with the Chairman, and in the event of his unavailability, then with the Secretary of the Election Committee.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 459 So. 2d 876 - Harris v. Weatherford