Sunjka v. Esperdy’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Marcello v. Bonds · Isserman v. Ethics Committee of Essex County Bar Ass'n · United States ex rel. Dolenz v. Shaughnessy · United States ex rel. Leong Choy Moon v. Shaughnessy · United States ex rel. Dolenz v. Shaughnessy
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.
“In sum, the evidence introduced by the plaintiffs establishes that they are practicing Roman Catholics and that they oppose Communism. This * * * does not permit the court to conclude that administrative discretion was abused. * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dunat v. Hurney
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.