Bullock v. Calvert’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently March 2022
13 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Bullock v. Carter · Smith v. Allwright · National Labor Relations Board v. Plasterers' Local Union No. 79 · Texas National Guard Armory Board. v. McCraw · Davis v. City of Lubbock
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Article 1.03. Secretary of State as Chief Election Officer. “Subdivision 1. The Secretary of State shall be the Chief Election Officer of this state, and it shall be his responsibility to obtain and maintain uniformity in the application, operation and interpretation of the election laws. In carrying out this responsibility, he shall cause to be prepared and distributed to each county judge, county tax assessor-collector, detailed and comprehensive written directives and instructions relating to and based upon the election laws as they apply to elections . ... Such directives and instructions shall include sample forms of ballots, papers, documents, records and other materials and supplies required by such election laws. “Article 5.02. Qualification and Requirements for Voting. (b) All citizens of this state who are otherwise qualified by law to vote at any election of this state or any district, county, municipality, or other political subdivision, shall be entitled and allowed to vote at all such elections. The Secretary of State shall, by directive, implement the policies stated herein throughout the elective procedures and policies by or under authority of this state. Enforcement of any directive of the Secretary of State pursuant to this section may be by injunction obtained by the Attorney General.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““. . . He (i. e., the Secretary of State) is designated ‘Chief Election Officer’ for the purpose of obtaining uniformity in the operation of the election laws. He is to assist and advise all election officers of the state. It is surely his office to communicate and explain the law to the end that all of the provisions of this Election Code will be followed throughout the state at every election and in every polling place. But no commission is given for him to conduct and pay for party primaries.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“All public offices and officers are creatures of law. The powers and duties of public officers are defined and limited by law. By being defined and limited by law, we mean the act of a public officer must be expressly authorized by law, or implied therefrom. It follows from the above that public officers may make only such contracts for the government they represent as they are authorized by law to make, [citations omitted]”
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.