89 Christopher Inc. v. Joy’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
March 1994
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“an impenetrable thicket, confusing not only to laymen but to lawyers.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.