John Franklin Bergin v. Ellis C. MacDougall’s Empirical Analysis
432 F.2d 935 · 1970
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
October 1971
most recently cited
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on McMann v. Richardson
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.
“lays down a rule for application to all constitutional claims.”
1 later decision 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.