Taylor v. School Town’s Empirical Analysis
1904
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
February 1936
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Platter v. Board of Commissioners · Board of Commissioners v. Davis · City of Laporte v. Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Co. · Gavin v. Board of Commissioners · Leach v. Rains
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““If the statute prescribes a mode in which the power shall be exercised, and the method prescribed is disregarded, or not substantially followed, and a contract entered into, such contract is void.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Will you please place this, my application for the position of teacher in the Petersburg public schools for the ensuing year, before the board of trustees at their annual meeting?””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.