532 So. 2d 1055 - State v. Grassi’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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

1. “COMMISSIONERS. Except when otherwise provided by county charter, the governing body of each county shall be a board of county commissioners composed of five or seven members serving staggered terms of four years. After each decennial census the board of county commissioners shall divide the county into districts of contiguous territory as nearly equal in population as practicable. One commissioner residing in each district shall be elected as provided by law.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 184 So. 3d 504 - Jennifer Brinkmann v. Tyron Francois, etc. · 147 So. 3d 613 - Francois v. Brinkmann

2. “We have consistently held that statutes imposing additional qualifications are unconstitutional where the basic document of the constitution itself has already undertaken to set forth those requirements. Therefore, if article VIII, section 1(e) of the Florida Constitution, provides qualifications for the office of county commissioner, the legislature is prohibited from imposing any additional qualifications.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 765 So. 2d 289 - City of Jacksonville v. Cook