Claybon J. Edwards v. David T. Sammons’s Empirical Analysis
437 F.2d 1240 · 1971
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently July 2018 · most notably Ned L. Siegel, Georgette Sosa Douglas v. Theresa Lepore, Charles E. Burton (2000), Duncan v. Poythress (1981)
7 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Monroe v. Pape · Railroad Commission v. Pullman Co. · Reynolds v. Sims · Burford v. Sun Oil Co. · Yick Wo v. Hopkins
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must ... take into consideration the nature of the controversy and the particular right sought to be enforced.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in cases involving such a strong national interest as the right to vote”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Given the importance and immediacy of the problem [of the right to vote], and the delay inherent in referring questions of state law to state tribunals, [ ] it is evident that the District Court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to abstain.”
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.