430 F. Supp. 818 - Smith v. Ehrlich’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2996A · 42 U.S.C. § 2996E · 42 U.S.C. § 2996F · 5 U.S.C. § 1502
Relies on Dandridge v. Williams · San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · Shapiro v. Thompson · Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia · Williams v. Rhodes
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“remov[ing] even the implication of impropriety from a program whose very success was determined to be dependent upon its freedom from political influence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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