McElhanon v. Hing’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 45 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently February 2019 · most notably State v. Carver (1989), Neill v. State (1994)
2 federal appellate · 45 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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
Relies on In the Matters of Lee Roy Murchison and John Whites · Mansion House Center South Redevelopment Co. v. United States · Harris v. McRae · Jizmejian v. United States · Anthony 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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“appearance of hostile feeling, ill will or favoritism toward one of the litigants,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Long v. Olen · In Re Estate of Long“The parties have had more than their day in court. There comes a time when every ease must end; otherwise, the process becomes more important than the resolution. We would not affirm the verdict if a significant appearance of judicial impropriety existed. However, we believe that given the long history of the ease, reversal based on mere appearance of impropriety, without any actual prejudice, would significantly undermine the integrity of the judicial system. This sequel to the saga of the Hatfields and McCoys has had all the scrutiny that the judicial system can afford. It is time to put an end to this affair unless the impropriety actually prejudiced the result.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Long v. Olen“The parties have had more than their day in court. There comes a time when every case must end; otherwise, the process becomes more important than the resolution. We would not affirm the verdict if a significant appearance of judicial impropriety existed. However, we believe that given the long history of the case, reversal based on mere appearance of impropriety, without any actual prejudice, would significantly undermine the integrity of the judicial system. This sequel to the saga of the Hatfields and McCoys has had all the scrutiny that the judicial system can afford. It is time to put an end to this affair unless the impropriety actually prejudiced the result.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Estate of Long
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.