Abrams v. Lamone’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The State shall be divided into four judicial districts: Alleghany, Washington, Frederick, Carroll, Baltimore, and Harford Counties shall compose the first: Montgomery, Howard, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Saint Mary’s, Charles and Prince George’s the second; Baltimore City the third; and Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Talbot, Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset, and Worcester shall compose the fourth district. And one person from among those learned in the law, having been admitted to practise in this State, and who shall have been a citizen of this State at least five years, and above the age of thirty years at the time of his election, and a resident of the judicial district, shall be elected from each of said court of appeals, who shall hold his office for the term of ten years from the time of his election, or until he shall have attained the age of seventy years, whichever may first happen, and be reeligible thereto until he shall have attained the age of seventy years, and not after, subject to removal for incompetency, willful neglect of duty, or misbehavior in office, on conviction in a court of law, or by the governor upon the address of the general assembly, two-thirds of the members of each house concurring in such address; and the salary of each of the judges of the court of appeals shall be two thousand five hundred dollars annually, and shall not be increased or diminished during their continuance in office; and no fees or person diminished during their continuance in office”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. HON. BERNSTEIN v. State

2. “"(a) In general. A proceeding under this subtitle shall be conducted in accordance with the Maryland Rules, except that: "(1) the proceeding shall be heard and decided without a jury and as expeditiously as the circumstances require; "(2) on the request of a party or sua sponte, the chief administrative judge of the circuit court may assign the case to a three-judge panel of circuit court judges; and "(3) an appeal shall be taken directly to the Court of Appeals within 5 days of the date of the decision of the circuit court." (Emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Liddy v. Lamone

3. ““No person shall be eligible to the office of Attorney-General, who is not a citizen of this State, and a qualified voter therein, and has not resided and practiced Law in this State for at least ten years.” (Emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Liddy v. Lamone