Beaver v. Clingman’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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

1. “broad power to prescribe the `Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives,' Art. I, §4, cl. 1, which power is matched by state control over the election process for state offices.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Clingman Secretary Oklahoma State Election Board et al. v. Beaver et al.

2. “preserving the political parties as viable and identifiable interest groups, [and] insuring that the results of a primary election . . . accurately reflect the voting of the party members.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Clingman Secretary Oklahoma State Election Board et al. v. Beaver et al.

3. “to all voters, including members of other parties, . . . raise[s] a different combination of considerations.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Clingman Secretary Oklahoma State Election Board et al. v. Beaver et al.