Brown v. Adams’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 1976
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gonsoulin v. Decuir · Duson v. Thompson · Auld v. Walton · McKnight v. Ragan · Beard v. Henry
Most-quoted passages
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“"In this case plaintiff has alleged as fully as it is possible for him to do, his cause of action. His allegations virtually embody the language of the statute. He is not required to do more. From the very nature of the case he cannot do more. He does not know and cannot know until a recount is had the exact number of ballots miscalled to his prejudice; but he believes, and so believing, alleges that a sufficient number have been miscounted to defraud him of the nomination; that is, to alter the true result of the election and produce a spurious result. In a case of this character, should an aggrieved candidate be required to allege specifically the exact number of votes of which he has been defrauded through miscounting, in order to have standing in court to ask for a recount, the right to such procedure would be an empty one. Such a rule would invite fraudulent miscounting of votes on the part of partisan commissioners with little or no means of contesting a result thereby procured. The defrauded candidate and his friends have no opportunity to witness the calling of the ballots. He must rely upon indirect facts and circumstances after the result of the court is announced to determine if he has had a square deal. Doubtless, because of this situation, the Legislature has provided a simple and easy method of ascertaining the correct vote of any box or boxes challenged by a candidate having the right to do so."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[i]t shall not be necessary in order to obtain the recount to allege or prove any specific fraud or irregularity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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