Warren v. Bradley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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. ““The establishment and maintenance of a sewer system by a city is ordinarily regarded as an exercise of its police power. McQuillian, Sec. 1545. ‘The construction of a sewer is the exercise of the police power for the health and cleanliness of the municipality—.’ ” Patterson v. City of Chattanooga, 192 Tenn. 267 , 241 S.W.2d 291 (1950); Warren v. Bradley, 39 Tenn.App. 451 , 284 S.W.2d 698 (1955) ; Verran v. Town of Greeneville, 4 Tenn.App. 422 (1927).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Campbell v. City of Knoxville

2. ““We might cite a large number of cases to the effect that it is universally recognized that municipal corporations can exercise no powers which are not in express terms, or by reasonable intendment, conferred upon them, and hence have no power to rent municipal property to private persons, in the absence of a charter provision or statutory enactment empowering them to do so either in express terms or by necessary implication.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. West Tennessee ACLU v. City of Memphis

3. ““Ordinarily a municipal corporation may sell or otherwise dispose of property held for private or proprietary purposes, but may not do so in respect of property held for public or governmental purposes unless authorized by law.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. West Tennessee ACLU v. City of Memphis