Manson v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
July 1973
most recently cited
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Dandridge v. Williams · Reynolds v. Sims · McGowan v. State of Maryland Gallagher · Shapiro v. Thompson · Sherbert v. Verner
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whether, as defendants argue, there is a rational basis for the City Charter age qualification is a question this court need not explore.”
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.