Vanderford v. Penix’s Empirical Analysis
39 F.3d 209 · 1994
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 7 U.S.C. § 1421 (Agricultural Act of 1949)
Relies on McVaney v. BAIRD, HOLM, McEACHEN · Rodgers v. Czamanske · Arkansas Kraft v. Cottrell · Paul v. Farmland Industries, Inc. · Sladek v. K Mart Corp.
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in a particular program crop [such as wheat] represents the farm's average historic yield of that crop.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a change in the land constituting a farm as the result of combination or division.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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