Standish v. Moldawan’s Empirical Analysis
1944
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 2006
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lisbon v. Lyman · Great Falls Co. v. Worster · Cole v. Lake Co. · Heath v. Heath · Bell v. Bartlett
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The fact, however, that it may have been adapted to circumstances existing when the Constitution was adopted does not necessarily mean that it still endures. If there was ever a time when the public interest required its existence, that time has long since passed. This being so, the rule that no law should survive the reasons on which it is founded is particularly applicable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Greelish v. Wood
How this case has been treated — in progress
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