33 Mass. App. Ct. 116 - Garrison v. Merced’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Massachusetts Teachers Ass'n v. Secretary of the Commonwealth · Swift v. Board of Registrars of Voters · Manning v. Boston Redevelopment Authority · Brennan v. Election Commissioners · Construction Industries v. Commissioner of Labor & Industries
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Every nomination paper shall state in addition to the name of the candidate, (1) his residence, with street and number thereof, if any, (2) the office for which he is nominated, and (3) the political party whose nomination he seeks. . . . [Circulation of nomination papers without such information is prohibited.””
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.