Tobin v. Ramey’s Empirical Analysis
206 F.2d 505 · 1953
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2025
16 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 46
Relies on Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A. · Western Pac Corp v. Western Pac R Co Metzger · Alltmont v. United States · Ayrshire Collieries Corporation v. United States · Commissioner v. Busch's Kredit Jewelry Co.
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] majority of the number of judges authorized to constitute a court or panel thereof, as provided in paragraph (c), shall constitute a quorum.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“quorum .. . means such a number of the members of the court as may legally transact judicial business.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In each circuit the court may authorize the hearing and determination of cases and controversies by separate panels, each consisting of three judges, at least a majority of whom shall be judges of that court, unless such judges cannot sit because recused or disqualified . . . .”
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.