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← 187 F. Supp. 2d 93 - Smith v. Potter

187 F. Supp. 2d 93 - Smith v. Potter’s Empirical Analysis

2001

Citation profile

8
cited by 8 later decisions
May 2019
most recently cited

2 federal appellate · 2 district ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 39 U.S.C. § 401 · 39 U.S.C. § 409 · 42 U.S.C. § 6902 · 42 U.S.C. § 6972

Relies on Tom Doherty Associates, Inc. v. Saban Entertainment, Inc. · Birnbaum v. United States · Connecticut Coastal Fishermen's Ass'n v. Remington Arms Co. · American Mining Congress v. United States Environmental Protection Agency · Active Fire Sprinkler Corp. v. United States Postal Service

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.

  1. “the amount of anthrax `tracked through' Morgan does not `continue to pose an ongoing public health risk.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “imminent and substantial danger to the public heath or welfare.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “there is no imminent and substantial danger present.”
    2 later decisions 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.