Cohen v. Ketchum

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• taxpayer standing to seek preventive relief against illegal action by local governmental unit of which plaintiff is resident taxpayer when illegality relates to subject matter of direct interest to any taxpayer, including incurring of governmental indebtedness
• appeal dismissed as moot because the holding of election and voter approval of bond issue rendered the question of whether the Court should enjoin the issuance of future warrants calling for future elections hypothetical and academic
• nullification of election termed “remedial”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Common Cause v. State
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1983-01-07· cited 41×
• Maine School Administrative District No. 15 v. Raynolds
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1980-04-16· cited 41×
• West Farms Mall, LLC v. Town of West Hartford
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-07-11· cited 34×
• Campaign for Sensible Transportation v. Maine Turnpike Authority
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1995-05-08· cited 25×
• Buck v. Town of Yarmouth
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1979-06-21· cited 22×
• New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1976-03-24· cited 21×
• Heald v. School Administrative District No. 74
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1978-05-05· cited 17×
• Bird v. Town of Old Orchard Beach
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-02-27· cited 14×
• Lehigh v. Pittston Co.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1983-02-15· cited 13×
• D'Amato v. S.D. Warren Co.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2003-09-19· cited 8×
• McCorkle v. Town of Falmouth
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1987-08-06· cited 7×
• Harold D. Smith & Sons, Inc. v. Finance Authority
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1988-06-29· cited 6×
• Cohen v. Maine School Administrative District No. 71
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1977-02-10· cited 6×
• Trautvetter v. Town of Old Orchard Beach
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1989-11-13· cited 3×
• Cohen v. Maine School Administrative District No. 71
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1978-11-10· cited 3×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Baker v. Carr
  Supreme Court· 1962-03-26· cited 6,173×
• Norton v. Shelby County
  Supreme Court· 1886-05-10· cited 712×
• Crampton v. Zabriskie
  Supreme Court· 1880-05-10· cited 186×
• Fortson v. Morris
  Supreme Court· 1966-12-12· cited 84×
• Toombs v. Fortson
  N.D. Georgia· 1965-04-01· cited 49×
• Lang v. Mayor of Bayonne
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1907-07-02· cited 48×
• Kidd v. McCanless
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1956-04-05· cited 43×
• State v. Poulin
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1909-03-02· cited 31×
• Tuscan v. Smith
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1931-01-23· cited 30×
• Dick v. Roberts
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1956-03-22· cited 18×
• People Ex Rel. Davis v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1971-04-01· cited 18×
• State Ex Rel. Tayrien v. Doggett
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1956-04-11· cited 15×
• Eaton v. Thayer
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1925-04-09· cited 15×
• Inhabitants of North Berwick v. State Board of Education
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1967-03-10· cited 14×
• Toombs v. Fortson
  Supreme Court· 1966-05-16· cited 10×
• Blodgett v. School Administrative District 73
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1972-03-31· cited 10×
• Hooper v. Goodwin
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1861-07-01· cited 9×
• City of Raytown v. Kemp
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1961-09-11· cited 8×
• Knapp v. Unified School District No. 449
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1972-05-06· cited 3×