Readdy v. Mallory’s Empirical Analysis

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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. ““It is contended by plaintiff in error that such sections are not the law, and in support thereof cites cases of this court handed down prior to the adoption of the Harris-Day Code (Rev. Laws 1910), which contention we think does not deserve the slightest consideration. “Whether or not the laws contained in the Harris-Day Code were ever previously enacted by the Legislature of this state, or were written in said Code by ■ the codifiers without having previously been enacted into law by the Legislature of this state, the adoption of said Code by the Legislature gave life and force to every section of said Code, including said sections 545 and 550, and the said sections not having been repealed, the mayor and city council, for proper cause, have the unquestioned right to remove a city marshal. * * *””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Quick v. City of Fairview

2. ““The council may, by a vote of a majority of all the members to be entered upon the journal, remove for cause any officer except the mayor.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kutch v. Cosner