608 So. 2d 1351 - Stringer v. Lucas’s Empirical Analysis

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12 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a total departure from the fundamental provisions of the statute as to destroy the integrity of the election and make the will of the qualified voters impossible to ascertain”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 664 So. 2d 177 - Lewis v. Griffith · 636 So. 2d 645 - Rogers v. Holder

2. “a motion for directed verdict was inappropriate in the face of a wealth of statutory election violations.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 819 So. 2d 1244 - Straughter v. Collins · 664 So. 2d 177 - Lewis v. Griffith

3. “when a significant number of legal votes have been rejected, or illegal votes received, an inquiry must be made to determine if the general election conformed to the will of the voters and if a special election should be called. Id. at 1011. In applying the two pronged test set out in Russell, it is evident that a special election was warranted in the case at hand because enough illegal votes were cast to change the outcome of the election and more than thirty percent of the total votes were disqualified. Russell, 443 So.2d at 1197. Due to Stringer’s disqualification, more than forty percent of the votes cast have been rendered invalid and without effect. To allow the election to stand as it now does would certainly be contrary to the will of the voters of Mound Bayou.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McIntosh v. Sanders