Gray v. Attorney General’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Massachusetts Teachers Ass'n v. Secretary of the Commonwealth · Student No. 9 v. Board of Education · Mazzone v. Attorney General · Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives · Yankee Atomic Electric Co. v. Secretary of the Commonwealth
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he two subjects in this petition are clearly not 'mutually dependent.' In fact, the opposite seems true.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The decisions of this court illustrate how we have endeavored to construe the related subjects requirement in a balanced manner that fairly accommodates * both the interests of initiative petitioners and the interests of those who would ultimately vote on the petition. On the one hand, the requirement must not be construed so narrowly as to frustrate the ability of voters to use the popular initiative as 'the people's process' to bring important matters of concern directly to the electorate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“initiative petition's provisions share a 'common purpose,' . . . put slightly differently but making the same point, . . . a 'unified statement of public policy' that the voters can accept or reject as a whole”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.