State v. Dixon’s Empirical Analysis

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12 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. “"Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana, That at the general State election to be held in April, 1940, and at each general State election thereafter, there shall be elected as many police jurors for each ward of each parish in this State, by the qualified voters of said wards, as provided by law, the Parish of Orleans excepted. "Section 2. For each parish ward, there shall be elected, in the manner provided by law, in addition to the police juror to which the ward is entitled, one additional police juror for each ten thousand (10,000) inhabitants which the said ward contains, said apportionment to be based upon the last preceding United States census; also one additional police juror for each additional ten thousand (10,000) inhabitants, or part thereof in excess of seven thousand five hundred (7,500), to be selected from the resident voters of the ward. Provided that this section shall not apply to parishes having a population of less than 50,000 inhabitants.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 95 So. 2d 55 - State Ex Rel. Saint v. Toups

2. “"It is stated in the majority opinion that whilst the interpretations placed on these acts by the office of the Attorney General should be accorded great weight, the final duty and responsibility for interpreting and construing laws rests upon the courts. It is true that such opinions are not binding as authority on the courts, but when there is such a unanimity of agreement as is found to be the case in the opinions handed down on the questions with which we are here concerned, I must say that they have very strong persuasive force and they should not be lightly overruled by the courts. The men who occupy the office of Attorney General are men who are learned in the law and are elected by the people of the State at large to be at the head of the Department of Justice of the State, and certainly their opinions are entitled to the greatest respect. * * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 95 So. 2d 55 - State Ex Rel. Saint v. Toups

3. ““The general rule is that, where no time is fixed for the beginning of the term of an elective office, it begins at the time the office is filled by an election, and if the office is an appointive one, the term begins when the appointment is made. So, where an election is necessary, the term does not begin until after that election is held. 46 C.J., pages 965, 966; 22 R.C.L. p. 550, Sec. 251; State [ex rel. Foot] v. Rogge, 80 Mont. 1 , 257 P. 1029 ; State [ex rel. Kriebs] v. Halladay, 52 S.D. 497 , 219 N.W. 125 et seq.; People [ex rel. Quereau] v. Hamrock, 74 Colo. 411 , 222 P. 391 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Ex Rel. Jones v. Lockhart