Branaum v. Patrick’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mourning v. Family Publications Service, Inc. · Huntington v. Attrill · United States v. Wiltberger · Tenneco Oil Company v. Padre Drilling Company · State Ex Rel. Edwards v. Reyna
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Mjandatory provisions in the election laws are as a rule limited to those provisions requiring the election to be by ballot, setting the day and place where the election is to be held, and prescribing the qualifications and eligibility requirements. Other provisions of the election laws prescribing the conduct of elections, the matter of publishing notices and duties of candidates are usually directory only and irregularities which do not prevent the voters from exercising freely and fairly their right to suffrage, or from having their votes properly counted are generally treated as informalities which do not vitiate the election, especially when there is no law providing that such irregularities shall render the election void. In such cases a substantial compliance is sufficient if from the facts it can reasonably be presumed that the failure to observe the strict letter of the law did not affect the result of the election.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“We hold that the statute makes the appointment of campaign treasurer mandatory, and the time of designation directory. Appellee was still required to reasonably and substantially comply with the statute, and the trial court properly considered this issue in arriving at its judgment. The facts developed at the hearing fully support the trial court’s findings that appellee’s nonfeasance neither affected the outcome of the primary election nor acted to the detriment of appellant. The trial court did not err in considering evidence of “damages” to appellant.”
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.