Hampton v. Priddy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““14-8-16. Contests — District court jurisdiction — Preservation of returns — Recount — Action perpetually barred. — A. The district court shall entertain contests for any municipal office or on any question placed on the ballot and the procedure shall be the same as provided by law for contests of county officers, including the recount of ballots. No such suit or action shall be maintained unless it is instituted within thirty [30] days after the issuance by the municipal clerk of a certificate or notification of the results of the election. “B. If the district court orders a recount, the district court shall determine if any fraudulent, illegal or void ballots have been counted. The district court may order such ballots to be thrown out and enter judgment accordingly in the recount proceedings. “C. The ballots only shall be destroyed either: (1) thirty [30] days after the issuance of the certificate of election; or (2) if there is a contest of election, after the court has rendered judgment.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Romenesko v. Barber