Pires v. Bracken’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
March 1974
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Patterson v. Johnston · People ex rel. Frazier v. Altenberg · Cray v. Devenport · Election of Assessor in Gearhart Township · Constant v. Shockey
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the Democratic column did not contain a nominee for every office to be filled. Three circuit judges were to be elected, and there was only one Democratic candidate. By marking the circle at the head of the Democratic column, the voter cast a vote for only one of the offices of circuit judge. Two remained to be voted on, and none of the ballots in question contained marks at more than two of the names on the Republican ticket.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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