Smith v. Hollins’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 617 So. 2d 634 - Hatcher v. Fleeman · Wilbourn v. Hobson · 860 So. 2d 774 - GB" Boots" Smith Corp. v. Cobb · 530 So. 2d 121 - Rizzo v. Bizzell · T.T.W. v. C.C.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]f the said judgment be in favor of the contestant, the election of the contestee shall thereby be vacated and the Governor, or the Lieutenant Governor in case the Governor be a party to the contest, shall call a special election for the office or offices involved, if the contestee has already entered upon the term he shall vacate the office upon the qualification of the person elected at said special election, and may be removed by quo warranto if he fail so to do.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Equity demands that Smith should be allowed to take the seat on the board of supervisors without any further action.... However, because the statute applies and because the statute does not allow judges to use their discretion, we must order that a special election be held. We urge the Legislature to cure the gross inequity that candidates under these circumstances must face, and we reluctantly hold that a special election must be held.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“We will not interfere with or disturb a chancellor’s findings of fact unless those findings are manifestly wrong, clearly erroneous, or an erroneous legal standard was applied. Smith v. Hollins, 905 So.2d 1267, 1270 [ (¶ 6) ] (Miss.2005) (citations omitted). For questions of law, we employ a de novo standard of review and will reverse only for an erroneous interpretation or application of the law. [M] (citations omitted).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.