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← 427 SO2D 844 - In Re Levy

In Re Levy’s Empirical Analysis

1983

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
July 1993
most recently cited

6 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 383 So. 2d 1011 - Small v. Guste · Kopfler v. Edwards

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

  1. “"(B) Mandatory Retirement. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a judge shall not remain in office beyond his seventieth birthday."”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “(b) Every judge shall retire upon reaching the age of 75 years. If he has served as judge of a court of record for 20 years, he shall receive full pay for life.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “[t]he retirement provision in effect in the Constitution of 1921 when Judge Levy was elected and took office provided that `[e]very judge shall retire upon reaching the age of 75 years.' ... [i]f a judge reached seventy-five with less than twenty years service, he could serve until eighty or until he acquired twenty years service, whichever came first”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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