State v. McClinton’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. “If any ... member of the legislature ... shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract with the state ... authorized by any law passed ... during the term for which he shall have been chosen or within one (1) year after the expiration of such term, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined a sum equal to double the value of the contract or imprisoned in the county jail not less than one (1) month nor more than one (1) year... . Instead of a criminal procedure against the officer, ... a civil proceeding may be instituted against such officer ... so offending for double the value of the contract by or on behalf of the state ... These remedies are alternative, not cumulative, and for double the amount of the contract so made; and the remedy in any case first instituted, whether civil or criminal, shall be exclusive, barring, if civil, any criminal prosecution; and if criminal proceeding, then any civil suit for same transaction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cassibry v. State

2. “No public officer or member of the legislature shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract with the state, or any district, county, city, or town thereof, authorized by any law passed or order made by any board of which he may be or may have been a member, during the term for which he shall have been chosen, or within one year after the expiration of such term.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cassibry v. State