Smith v. Magras’s Empirical Analysis
124 F.3d 457 · 1997
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 10 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently March 2026 · most notably Waldorf v. Shuta (1998), United States v. Fisher (2002)
10 federal appellate · 10 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 48 U.S.C. § 1571 · 48 U.S.C. § 1611 · 48 U.S.C. § 1613A
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. · Robinson v. Shell Oil Co. · United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd. · State v. Simpson
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the doctrine of separation of powers applies with respect to the coordinate branches of government in the Virgin Islands.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]s a general rule inherent in the American constitutional system . . . unless otherwise expressly provided or incidental to the powers conferred . . . the judiciary cannot exercise either executive or legislative power.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he rules governing the practice and procedure of the courts established by local law. . . shall be governed by local law or the rules promulgated by those courts.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.