Savage v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “if the Court finds the proven frauds and irregularities are of such a serious nature as to deprive the voters of the free expression of their will, it will decree the nullity of the entire election—even though the contestant might not be able to prove that he would have been nominated but for such fraud and irregularities.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 755 So. 2d 206 - Adkins v. Huckabay

2. “If ... in an action contesting an election [the court] determines that: (1) it is impossible to determine the result of election, ... the [court] may render a final judgment declaring the election void and ordering a new primary or general election for all the candidates....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 755 So. 2d 206 - Adkins v. Huckabay

3. “the number of votes proven to have been cast illegally or fraudulently was not sufficient to change the result of the election.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 755 So. 2d 206 - Adkins v. Huckabay