Hatcher v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently September 2017
18 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 Hadnott v. Amos · Hadnott v. Amos · Gilbert v. State · Shelby County v. Hale · 10 Smith & H. 323 - Zirkle v. Stegall
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In two cases this court has said that a suit to prevent the induction of a defaulter into office or to invalidate an election may be prosecuted either by the incumbent of that office or by any other citizen. Marshall v. Kerns, 32 Tenn. (2 Swan) 68 ; Lewis v. Watkins, 71 Tenn. (3 Lea) 174. We are aware that the observations have been alluded to as dicta in Maloney v. Collier, 112 Tenn. 78 , 83 S.W. 667 , but, none the less the statements were well considered and have been accepted as law. It was suggested in Lewis v. Watkins, supra, that a citizen offering legal opposition to a void election should act promptly, but the right of a citizen so to proceed was taken to be clear.” 163 Tenn. p. 327, 43 S.W.2d 192 . (Emphasis supplied).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[Tjhere is no basis in reason why the same circumstance — that is, the constitutional [in this case statutory] disqualification of the candidate receiving the highest number of votes in an election — can not be the predicate of an election contest as well as a quo warranto proceeding, depending on the party filing, the ultimate purpose of the proceeding, and the time of filing. The circumstance, if proven, would be determinative of the validity of the election, which is the target of an election contest. It also would be determinative of the right of the successful candidate to hold the office to which he is elected, the target of a quo warranto proceeding.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“2-17-101. Jurisdiction — Standing.— (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, election contests shall be tried in the chancery court of the division in which the defendant resides. The chief justice of the supreme court shall assign a chancellor from a different division to decide a contested election of chancellor. (b) The incumbent office holder and any candidate for the office may contest the outcome of an election for the office. Any campaign committee • or individual which has charge of a campaign for the adoption or rejection of a question submitted to the people may contest the election on the question.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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