Whiting v. Seyfrit’s Empirical Analysis
203 F.2d 773 · 1953
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
June 1965
most recently cited
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Kelly v. Dowd · United States ex rel. Meiner v. Ragen · Davis v. Dowd · United States ex rel. Jackson v. Ragen
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.
““Plaintiff apparently is a layman. We shall construe the complaint as broadly as possible to ascertain if, under any construction of the language used, a claim is stated upon which relief can be granted. “Although plaintiff makes a general allegation that he has been damaged as a result of a conspiracy by the defendants, it clearly appears from the complaint taken as a whole, as well as the arguments made in his brief, that he is endeavoring to state a claim under the Civil Rights Act.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Copley v. Sweet
How this case has been treated — in progress
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