Oliver v. Morton’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343
Relies on Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. Patterson · Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · Rathbun v. United States · Cook & Nichol, Inc. v. Plimsoll Club
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“334.047. License to show degree held by licensee — use on stationery and displays required. — 1. On the licenses issued by the board, the board shall enter after the name of the licensee the degree to which the licensee is entitled by reason of his diploma of graduation from a professional school approved and accredited as reputable by the American Medical Association and approved or accredited as reputable by the American Osteopathic Association. 2. A licensee under this chapter shall, in any letter, business card, advertisement, prescription blank, sign, or public listing or display of any nature whatsoever, designate the degree to which he is entitled by reason of his diploma of graduation from a professional school approved and accredited as reputable by the American Medical Association or approved and accredited as reputable by the American Osteopathic Association.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“While the court has held that the State can validly require a physician to hold himself out under the degree which he has been awarded, and no other, the State cannot differentiate between two qualified physicians who have not earned an M.D. degree and allow one to parade under an unearned M.D. degree while refusing to allow the other to do so. The State has failed to show the court any reasonable basis for its differing treatment of foreign-trained physicians and D.O.’s. The two are similarly situated; without a rational basis for the distinction, the State’s differing treatment of foreign-trained physicians and D.O.’s is • arbitrary and in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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