Cooley v. Granholm’s Empirical Analysis
291 F.3d 880 · 2002
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Powell v. McCormack · Thomas v. Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co. · Texas v. United States · Ohio Forestry Association Inc v. Sierra Club · Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health
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.
“the case ha[d] completely lost 'its character as a present live controversy of the kind that must exist if [the Court is] to avoid advisory opinions on abstract propositions of law.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“return to Michigan to practice sometime in the future if he c[ould] find a suitable job.”
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.