Ortwein v. MacKey’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
November 1975
most recently cited
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Goldberg v. Kelly · Perry v. Sindermann · Powell v. State of Alabama Patterson · Meyer v. State of Nebraska
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 parties involved . . . will have the right to legal counsel in an advisory capacity. Such counsel will not have the right to make statements concerning his client nor to examine or cross-examine witnesses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ortwein v. Mackey““We do not say that counsel must be provided at the pre-termination hearing, but only that the recipient must be allowed to retain an attorney if he so desires.” Ortwein, supra.”
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.