Wittek v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
171 F.2d 8 · 1948
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1345 · 28 U.S.C. § 41
Relies on United States v. United Mine Workers of America · United States v. Cooper Corp. · United States v. Bank of New York & Trust Co. · Ohio v. Helvering · Georgia v. Evans
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whether the conditions imposed by the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act on suits for possession apply where such a suit is brought by the United States as landlord.”
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.