Hatter v. Worst’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * * * Appellants cite section 18, art. 5, of the State Constitution which, in substance, requires the division of the county ‘from time to time, for the convenience of the people, into precincts,’ and that the commissioners’ precincts shall be four in number. “Disregarding legal conclusions stated therein, the petition here simply shows a state of facts which gives to the town of Rankin and precincts Nos. 1, 2, and 3 a power of control over the commissioners’ court of the county out of proportion to their population, voting strength, and taxable values, thereby denying to the town of Mc-Camey and precinct No. 4 the representation upon the court and power of control to which such town and precinct is justly entitled by the population, voting strength, and taxable values thereof. “As applied to different situations, the phrase ‘convenience of the people,’ as used in the Constitution, may have different meanings, but in our opinion it cannot properly be construed as imposing upon a commissioners’ court the absolute duty of rearranging the boundaries of commissioners’ precincts, from time to time, so as to accord to each precinct representation upon and power of control of the commissioners’ court in proportion to their respective populations, voting strengths, and taxable valuations. This is what the present action seeks to compel. The location of cities and towns in certain counties is no doubt such that it cannot be conveniently done. From a political viewpoint it is desirab”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Midland County v. Avery

2. ““(c) * * * The judgment sought shall be rendered forthwith if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that, except as to the amount of damages, there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Waller v. Missouri City State Bank