Compton v. Holmes’s Empirical Analysis
1901
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
June 1955
most recently cited
10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““As chapter 7, referred to in the question, is, in the published volume containing the Revised Statutes, a part of the same title with the article quoted, the provisions of such chapter concerning contested elections would appear to be made applicable to municipal elections'.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Fowler v. Thomas
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.