Schmitt v. Hunt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “No money shall ever be paid out of the treasury of this State, nor any of its funds, nor any of the funds under its management, except in pursuance of an appropriation by law, nor unless such payments be made within two and one-half years after the passage of such appropriation act, and every such law making a new appropriation, or continuing or reviving an appropriation, shall distinctly specify the sum appropriated and the object to which it is to be applied, and it shall not be sufficient for such law to refer to any other law to fix such sum. (Bold added.)”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Question Submitted by: The Honorable Preston L. Doerflinger, Director, Office of Management and Enterprise Services · Fent v. State ex rel. Office of State Finance

2. ““Power to determine the policy of the law is primarily legislative, and cannot be delegated, whereas the power to make rules of a subordinate character in order to carry out that policy and apply it to varying conditions, although partaking of a legislative character, is in its dominant aspect administrative and can be delegated and the Legislature may delegate the power to determine some fact or state of things upon which the law makes its own operation depend.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Burger v. Richards

3. “its unconstitutionality is shown beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Question Submitted by: The Honorable Preston L. Doerflinger, Director, Office of Management and Enterprise Services