Lacks v. Lacks’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
June 1980
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Garlock v. Garlock · Mertens v. Wakefield
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(T)hat defendant (sic, plaintiff) be required specifically to perform said agreement, that if specific performance is not granted defendant be granted judgment against plaintiff in damages . . . and for such other and further relief as to the court may seem just and proper.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lacks v. Fahmi“a claim of sovereign or diplomatic immunity”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lacks v. Fahmi
How this case has been treated — in progress
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