Barr v. Galvin’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1) substantial uncertainty exists over the meaning of the state law in question, and 2) settling the question of state law will or may well obviate the need to resolve a significant federal constitutional question.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 839 F. Supp. 2d 388 - KG Urban Enterprises, LLC v. Patrick · 76 F. Supp. 3d 374 - OA VW LLC v. Massachusetts Department of Transportation

2. “capable of repetition, yet evading review,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The Gaspee Project v. Mederos · Snell v. Neville

3. ““First, [the statute] refers to candidates seeking ‘state, city or town office,’ but provides no further elaboration as to the specific offices that are encompassed within that rubric. This, in turn, leaves open to question whether candidates for presidential electors . . . and, by reference, presidential and vice-presidential candidates, come within its sweep. Second, [§] 14 explains that vacancies ‘may be filled by the same political party or persons who made the original nomination.’ . . . [T]he reference to ‘persons who made the original nomination’ arguably could apply to the [LAM] or, alternatively, to the individuals who signed the nomination papers qualifying Phillies and Bennett for inclusion on the ballot.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Libertarian Ass'n v. Secretary of Commonwealth