Thoms v. Andersen’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
3
states following
October 1978
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Smith v. Lawrence · Tschetter v. Ray · Healey v. Rank · McMahon v. Crockett · Althen v. Fowler
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.
““No mere informality in the matter of carrying out or executing the provisions of this chapter shall invalidate the election or authorize the rejection of the returns thereof, and the provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed for the purposes herein expressed or intended.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Larson v. Locken
How this case has been treated — in progress
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