Leonard v. Thornburgh’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 this Court enjoins the collection of the current wage tax, a $60 million deficit would result, causing an unbalanced budged, and propel the City into a state of fiscal paralysis. An obvious crippling consequence of the City’s inability to expend funds is the disruption, if not the termination, of vital municipal services, none the least of which is the police and fire protection, a frightening threat to the residents and non-residents. This Court will not so endanger the public welfare and is not moved at this preliminary stage to so hold.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Philadelphia v. Commonwealth · City of Philadelphia v. Commonwealth

2. ““All taxes shall be uniform, upon the same class of subjects, within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and collected under general laws.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Leonard v. Thornburgh