Whittington v. Bazemore’s Empirical Analysis
1955
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on McDonald v. Richard · Werk v. Leland University · St. Landry Oil & Gas Co. v. Neal · White v. Hodges · Brewer v. New Orleans Land Co.
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.
“The Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 32, Township 14 North, Range 15 West, less that portion lying west of the Keatchie-Logansport State Highway, there being excepted 33 acres, more or less. Also the North Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 33, Township 14 North, Range 15 West, containing in all 127 acres, more or less, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Butler v. Bazemore
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.