McKinney v. Washington’s Empirical Analysis
442 F.2d 726 · 1970
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 4 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Goldberg v. Kelly · Greene v. McElroy · Norwegian Nitrogen Products Co. v. United States · Time, Inc. v. Bon Air Hotel, Inc. · Virginia Petroleum Jobbers Association v. Federal Power Commission, Blue Ridge Gas Company, Intervenor. Petition for Review of Order of the Federal Power Commission, No. 14583. Virginia Petroleum Jobbers Association v. Federal Power Commission, Appeal From United States District Court for the District of Columbia
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The financing of a low-rent housing program, which sometimes necessitates the raising of rents, is a very complicated operation requiring a high degree of expertise. It is quite unlikely that courts, to say nothing of tenants, would possess the necessary expertise. In many cases-it is only too probable that participation by tenants in rental decisions and review by the courts would cause senseless and damaging delays.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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