Lane v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis
98 F.2d 980 · 1938
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
May 1939
most recently cited
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Guinn v. United States · Pope v. Williams · Trudeau v. Barnes · Seals v. United States
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It- shall be the duty of every qualified elector in this state to register as an elector under the provisions of this Act, and no elector shall be permitted to vote at any election unless he shall register as herein provided, and no elector shall be permitted to vote in any primary election'of any political party except of the political party of which his registration certificate shows him to be a member.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lane v. Wilson“absent from the county . . . during such period of time, or . . . prevented by sickness or unavoidable misfortune from registering . . . within such time.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lane v. Wilson
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.