Joyce v. McCrane’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 7 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 1003
Relies on Dandridge v. Williams · Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co. · King v. Smith · National Labor Relations Board v. Hearst Publications, Inc. · Perkins v. Lukens Steel 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he objectors to the implementing plan insist that it sets up “quotas” and is therefore invalid; however, the Plan merely sets up goals for minority employment. Sanctions cannot be imposed under the Plan if the contractors strive to meet these goals and fall short. [ 320 F.Supp. at 1291 ]”
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.