McClelland v. Sharp’s Empirical Analysis

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9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[B]y voting in that special election [in the 22nd district, in November 1967], the relator represented himself to be a resident of that district on that date. His conduct, which implies that representation, is a matter of public record. The same can be said of his votes in the November 18, 1967, city bond election ***. * * * *** [W]here, as here, the facts reflected by public records establish a disqualification of the proposed candidate, the respondents were neither required to ignore those facts nor permitted to go outside the record inquiring of other facts in exercising their implied authority. Particularly is this true where the public records showing the disqualification of the relator are based on his own actual or implied representations as to his residence at the time in question.” McClelland, 430 S.W.2d at 520-22 .”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Neely v. Board of Election Commisioners for The City of Chicago · Culberson v. Palm

2. “on representations made and actions taken”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nixon v. Slagle