Miller v. Wade’s Empirical Analysis
420 F.2d 489 · 1969
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1443
Relies on Georgia v. Rachel · City of Greenwood v. Peacock · Murphy v. Houma Well Service · Huth v. Southern Pacific Co.
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.
“[S]ection 1443 does not make the federal courts the sole keepers of the constitutional conscience. The statute does not authorize removal to protect the broad guarantees of the constitution.”
2 later decisions 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.