Thomas Aries Scott v. Edward A. Hill’s Empirical Analysis
449 F.2d 634 · 1971
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1257 · 28 U.S.C. § 2281
Relies on Younger v. Harris · Baker v. Carr · Railroad Commission v. Pullman Co. · Reynolds v. Sims · William Marbury v. James Madison
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In view of our decision in Buchanan v. Rhodes, 400 F.2d 882 (6th Cir. 1966) . . . we do believe that, in a proper case, this issue would present a substantial constitutional question warranting the convening of a three-judge District Court.” 449 F.2d at 639 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Buchanan v. Gilligan
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.