State v. Wiley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““That where a statute has been passed by the Legislature under all the forms and sanctions requisite to the making of laws, some part of which is not within the competency of the legislative power, or is repugnant to any provision of the constitution, such part thereof will be adjudged void and of no avail, whilst all other parts of the act not obnoxious to the same objection will be held valid and have the force of law.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Barton v. Recorder's Court

2. ““The principle that a statute is void, only so far as its provisions are repugnant to the constitution, that one provision may thus be void and this not affect other provisions of the statute, has been frequently decided.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Barton v. Recorder's Court