Phillips v. Klassen’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 39 U.S.C. § 201 · 5 U.S.C. § 8336
Relies on Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. · Hansberry v. Lee · Sampson v. Murray · Virginian Ry Co v. System Federation No 40 · Reisman v. Caplin
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . . it is generally agreed that exhaustion by at least one member of the class is a necessary prerequisite for a class action,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Swain v. Hoffman · Craigg v. Russo
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.