In Re Driscoll’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Classic · U. S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton · Commonwealth v. Reed · In Re Nomination of Flaherty · Ross Nomination Petition
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n determining the residence of a person desiring to register or vote, the following rules shall be followed so far as they may be applicable: (a) That place shall be considered the residence of a person in which his habitation is fixed, and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“before an affidavit may be declared void and invalid because it contains false information, there must be evidence that the candidate knowingly falsified the affidavit with an intent to deceive the electorate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“nomination petitions are presumed to be valid and an objector has the burden of proving that a nomination petition is invalid.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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