James v. Carnegie Public Library’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
December 1974
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Fleming v. Phipps · Walling v. Clinchfield Coal Corp. · Walling v. Associated Truck Lines, Inc. · International Register Co. v. Recording Fare Register 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The rule is well settled that the extraordinary writ of injunction will not issue for the purpose of punishing past offenses, but will issue only in those cases where the court is convinced that such relief is necessary to prevent future violations.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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