Piekarski v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 23 U.S.C. § 128
Relies on 37 Del. Ch. 202 - Randolph v. Wilmington Housing Authority · Klaw v. Pau-Mar Construction Company · Campbell v. Commissioners of Town of Bethany Beach · Anderson v. Mayor and Council of Wilmington
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““I certify that I am an official of the Department of Highways and Public Works of the State of Tennessee and that the above transcript of the public hearing heretofore conducted regarding the location of the above mentioned project has been read by me. I further certify that said Department has considered the economic effects of the location of said project and that it is of the opinion that said project is properly located and should be constructed as located.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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