Richard Wallach v. Norman Cannon, Oklahoma Tax Commission’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 district · 2 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire * * * for the purpose of depriving * * * any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws, [and] * * * if one or more persons engaged therein do, or cause to be done, any act in furtherance of the object of such conspiracy * * * the party so injured or deprived may have an action for the recovery of damages * * * against any one or more of the conspirators.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dodge v. Nakai

2. “Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any State or territory, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in any action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, (emphasis supplied).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Motley v. Virginia Hardware & Manufacturing Co.