Sears v. Olivarez’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Aetna Life Insurance v. Lavoie · Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Havner · Manges v. Guerra · In Re Union Pacific Resources Co. · Sun Oil Company v. Whitaker
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`the proper inquiry is whether a reasonable member of the public at large, knowing all the facts in the public domain concerning the judge and the case, would have a reasonable doubt that the judge is actually impartial.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ex Parte Ellis“judge shall recuse himself in any proceeding in which ... he has a personal bias or prejudice concerning the subject matter or a party, or personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts concerning the proceeding.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Ex Parte Ellis“The grounds for recusal of an appellate court justice or judge are the same as those provided in the Rules of Civil Procedure.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.