Routt v. Barrett’s Empirical Analysis
1947
Citation profile
44 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently October 2014 · most notably 156 Ill. 2d 76 - Cates v. Cates (1993), 35 Wash. 2d 1 - Gruen v. State Tax Commission (1949)
44 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on People Ex Rel. Eitel v. Lindheimer · Law v. People ex rel. Huck · The People v. Monroe · Mitchell v. Lowden · Hagler v. Small
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Plaintiffs contend that the words of the constitutional provision `unless the law authorizing the same shall, at a general election, have been submitted to the people,' requires that the proposition to be printed on the ballot should call for a vote upon the acceptance or rejection of the law. It will be observed that section 3 of article 4 of the act and the form of ballot prescribed direct that the vote shall be on the question, `Shall the State of Illinois contract a debt of $385,000,000.00?' * * * * * * "The contention made requires consideration as to whether there is any substantial difference between the meaning of a proposition to be voted upon which says `Shall an act of the General Assembly entitled "An Act",' etc. (which authorizes the creating of a debt) become a law, and a proposition which says `Shall the State of Illinois contract a debt of $385,000,000.00 and issue bonds to that amount maturing within 25 years after their date, pursuant to "An Act",' etc., (which act authorizes the creating of a debt.) If there is no difference, then the constitutional mandate was complied with in this case. The purpose of the constitutional provision was to place a limit on the power of the General Assembly to borrow money on the credit of the State. Before a debt such as the one provided for in the Bonus Act could be created, the General Assembly had to adopt a law which necessarily had to include the purpose for which the debt was to be incurred, the time and terms of paym”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“is in common usage and is generally understood to mean one having more than mere physical presence.' [Emphasis added.] The elements required beyond physical presence are intention and permanency of abode.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.