United States v. Middler’s Empirical Analysis
1955
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
August 1980
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Summerlin · United States v. Thompson · Niagara Falls Power Co. v. Federal Power Commission · Smith v. United States · Smith 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.
““Provision of United States statute that laws of state, except where Constitution or acts of congress otherwise provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in civil actions in United States courts, in cases where they apply, does not bind United States, suing in one of its own courts, to a state statute of limitations, whether named in such statute or not. 28 U.S.C.A. § 1652 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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