617 So. 2d 634 - Hatcher v. Fleeman’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently April 2019 · most notably Jackson v. State (1996), 672 So. 2d 744 - Nicholson on Behalf of Gollott v. State (1996)
46 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Wilbourn v. Hobson · Davis v. Singing River Elec. Power Ass'n · 443 So. 2d 1191 - Noxubee County Democratic E. Com. v. Russell · 530 So. 2d 121 - Rizzo v. Bizzell · Rogers v. Rogers
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The granting of a continuance is largely a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court and unless manifest injustice appears to have resulted from a denial, this Court should not reverse.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“When deciding whether a special election is warranted, we recognize competing interests which must be weighed and balanced. While the voters are not parties to this contest, their interests are paramount. Special elections are a great expense for the county and its taxpayers. Beyond that, the turnout for a special election is never as great as when there are a number of candidates on the slate. By contrast, we feel that the rights of the individual candidates cannot be allowed to overshadow the public good. As far as the public good is concerned, the rights our law gives to losing candidates to contest elections form a double edged sword. While they serve to prevent the fraudulent manipulation of the public will, they necessarily provide a way for the unsuccessful candidate to use innocent human errors to his own advantage, thereby winning a second chance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“of both the facts and the law, although the election commissioners sit as advisors to the determination of the facts. The statute strongly suggests the special judge is the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.