72 So. 2d 796 - Hill v. Milander’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

39 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “that the ballot [must] be fair and advise the voter sufficiently to enable him intelligently to cast his ballot.”

   13 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kenneth J. Detzner, etc. v. League of Women Voters of Florida · 880 So. 2d 659 - Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Physician Shall Charge the Same Fee for the Same Health Care Service to Every Patient

2. “[T]he voter should not be misled and [should] have an opportunity to know and be on notice as to the proposition on which he is to cast his vote.... All that the Constitution requires or that the law compels or ought to compel is that the voter have notice of that which he must decide.... What the law requires is that the ballot be fair and advise the voter sufficiently to enable him intelligently to cast his ballot.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 773 So. 2d 7 - Armstrong v. Harris · 995 So. 2d 1051 - Citizens for Term Limits & Accountability, Inc. v. Lyons

3. “"[T]he only requirements in a [sic] election of this kind are that the voter should not be misled and that he have an opportunity to know and be on notice as to the proposition on which he is to cast his vote... . All that the Constitution requires or that the law compels or ought to compel is that the voter have notice of that which he must decide."”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 421 So. 2d 151 - Askew v. Firestone · 31 Fla. Supp. 151 - Jackson v. Consolidated Government