67 Ill. App. 2d 355 - McCaslin v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis

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13 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. “"The amended petition in this case falls far short of affording a basis for the contest sought. It neither alleges that the irregularities complained of would change the result of the election, nor does it allege facts which show that the irregularities would have such a result, and which, if proved, would render it the duty of the court to declare a defeated candidate elected. The petition fails to set out how many votes were cast in the election, how many votes were received by any of the candidates, and for all that appears in the petition the difference in votes may have been so great that none of the irregularities alleged could have affected the outcome." ( 67 Ill. App.2d 355, 358 .)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Ill. 2d 463 - In Re Contest of the Election for the Offices of Governor

2. “a petition, in writing, setting forth the points on which he will contest the election”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Ill. 2d 463 - In Re Contest of the Election for the Offices of Governor