McPherson v. Everett’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
July 1988
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cousins v. Wigoda · State Ex Rel. Maner v. Leech · Snow v. City of Memphis · State Ex Rel. Shriver v. Dunn · 6 Smith & H. 693 - State Ex Rel. Thomas v. Davis
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Vacancies. — Vacancies in county offices shall be filled by the county legislative body, and any person so appointed shall serve until a successor is elected at the next election occurring after the vacancy and is qualified.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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