Carnage v. Sanborn’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
November 1994
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1361 · 28 U.S.C. § 1651
Relies on Klopfer v. State of North Carolina · Smith v. Hooey · Robert Gilbert May v. State of Georgla
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any action in the nature of mandamus to compel an officer or employee of the United States or any agency thereof to perform a duty owed to the plaintiff.”
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.