Stevens v. Summerfield’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1718
Relies on Everson v. Board of Education · People of State of Illinois McCollum v. Board of Education of School Dist No 71 Champaign County Ill · American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. v. Kiely
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.
“matter otherwise mailable by law, upon the envelope * * * of which * * * is * * * printed * * * language * * * calculated by the terms * * * and obviously intended to reflect injuriously upon the character or conduct of another * * *.”
1 later decision 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.