Huckaby v. Hunter’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““... This has never been the law. If the candidate cannot prove he would have been elected ‘but for irregularities or fraud/ our jurisprudence refers to an alternative: if the court finds the proven frauds and irregularities are of such a serious nature that the voters have been deprived of the free expression of their will, the election will be nullified. For this Court to render such a drastic order, there must be a clear showing that a course of fraudulent conduct was employed which effectually prevented the electors from expressing their will.’ Lewis v. Democratic Executive Committee, 232 La. 732 , 95 So.2d 292 (1957). “No case has been called to our attention (and we know of none) where an election has been upset because of serious and pervasive irregularities when the evidence falls short of proving that ‘but for’ the irregularities, the one contesting the election would have won.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Scoggins v. Jones