State ex rel. Raymer v. Cunningham’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ It is to be remembered that even praiseworthy objects cannot be rightfully attained by a violation of law. Every effort to fritter away the plain language of the Constitution, by way of construction or otherwise, even to secure a desirable end, is nothing less than an insidious attempt to undermine the fundamental law of the State, and hence, to that extent, destructive of good government, besides being vicious in its tendencies.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Detroit v. Chapin

2. “[The section] expressly declares that "the supervision of public instruction shall be vested in a state superintendent, and such other officers as the legislature shall direct." Sec. 1, art. X. This left the legislature free to prescribe such assistants and clerks as may be deemed essential.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 199 Wis. 2d 674 - Thompson v. Craney

3. “[I]t is a maxim, in construing a state constitution, that the legislature is authorized to exercise any and all legislative powers not delegated to the general government nor expressly nor by necessary implication prohibited by the national or state constitution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 387 Wis. 2d 552 - Kristi Koschkee v. Carolyn Stanford Taylor