Sword v. Fox’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 3
Relies on Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. Y Button · Dombrowski v. Pfister · Near v. State of Minnesota Olson
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the successful movant must show by evidence of appropriate evidentiary quality, that every state of facts is excluded except that which entitled him to relief.”
2 later decisions 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.