Whittaker v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Whenever a person usurps an office or franchise to which he is not entitled by law, an action by proceedings at law may be instituted against him, either by the State or the party entitled to the office or franchise, to prevent the usurper from exercising the office or franchise.” Crawford & Moses’ Digest, sec. 10326.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Barnett v. McCray · Wood v. Miller

2. ““He (the voter), however, need not pay the tax in person, but may in good faith authorize another to pay it for him, or, if another has done so without' having been previously authorized, he may adopt or ratify the act, but he must do so with a bona fide intent and promise to reimburse him. In this way only can the voter be secured in the free and untrammeled exercise of his right of suffrage. The acceptance of the payment of a poll tax as a gift tends to induce him to so vote as to please the partisan, candidate or other person, who paid the same for him. This is contrary to the spirit of the requirements of the Constitution.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cain v. Carllee