36 Or. App. 327 - Barnes v. Paulus’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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

1. “[i]t is a matter of balancing the seriousness of the defect against the consequences of invalidation. Before the electorate will be disfranchised by anyone’s failure to comply with the statute, the failure must be one of considerable magnitude_ In determining the magnitude of the failure, we must consider the likelihood that the error misled the signers of the petition.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 681 So. 2d 1124 - Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General

2. “"It is impossible to draw a precise line between an amendment and a revision. Suffice it to say that the initiative measure proposed here is more in the nature of an amendment than a revision. As such, it may properly be submitted to the people for their approval or rejection." 36 Or.App. at 336 , 588 P.2d 1120 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 130 Or. App. 1 - Lowe v. Keisling

3. “An initiative petition shall include the full text of the proposed law or amendment to the Constitution. A proposed law or amendment to the Constitution shall embrace one subject only and matters properly connected therewith.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 130 Or. App. 1 - Lowe v. Keisling