Metts v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis
363 F.3d 8 · 2004
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
September 2019
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Thornburg v. Gingles · Johnson v. De Grandy · Growe v. Emison · Voinovich v. Quilter · Beer v. United States
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“plaintiffs are entitled to an opportunity to develop evidence before the merits are resolved”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]t is no accident that most cases under section 2 have been decided on summary judgment or after a verdict, and not on a motion to dismiss.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Chestnut v. Merrill
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.