5 N.J. Super. 495 - In Re Smock’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently July 2016
22 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 In Re Clee · In re Contest of the Election of Ray · Richardson v. Radics · Public Service Electric & Gas Co. v. City of Camden
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In view of the public interest in the subject matter, it is desirable that the controversy be determined on the merits and not upon artistry in pleading. In view of the broad power of amendment provided in [N.J.S.A] 19:29-5, the obvious objective of the statute that the litigation be expedited is better served by getting to the ultimate substance of the controversy and determining its sufficiency.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Public interest manifestly requires that election contests be promptly tried.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“10 days after the result of any recount has been determined or announced.”
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.