Ferguson v. Lawrence’s Empirical Analysis
1916
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
June 1930
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Badger v. United States ex rel. Bolles · People v. Tilton · State ex rel. Meredith v. Tallman · State ex rel. Richardson v. Henderson · Pruitt v. Squires
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Every appointed officer sha'l hold his office until the end of the term, for which the officer whom he succeeds was elected or appointed and until his successor is elected and qualified.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““Provided, that all officers within this state shall' continue to perform the duties of their offices until their successors shall be duly qualified.’’”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Martin v. Follis
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.