In re Ford’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Bonner v. City of Prichard · Business Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic Communications Enterprises, Inc. · Dresser Industries, Inc. v. United States · Ash v. Cort
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Here, Ford seeks to discover or uncover testimony, not to perpetuate it. . . . Ford simply wants to know who shot Roberts and why. Rule 27 simply does not provide for such discovery.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In the Matter of the Application of Deiulemar Compagnia Di Navigazione S.P.A. For the Perpetuation of Certain Evidence v. M/v Allegra v. Pacific Eternity, S.A. Golden Union Shipping Co. S.A., Movants-Appellants · In the Matter of the Application of Deiulemar Compagnia Di Navigazione Spa for the Perpetuation of Certain Evidence v. M/v Allegra
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.