Augustus J. Simmons v. Horace B. Wetherell, as the Director of Aeronautics’s Empirical Analysis
472 F.2d 509 · 1973
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Lynch v. Household Finance Corp. · United States v. Tucker · Thomas E. Foster and Georgia Lee Foster, and Cross-Appellants v. City of Detroit, Michigan, and Cross-Appellee · Mottolese v. Kaufman
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Thus, while we find a cause of action stated.... and remand, the district court should stay its hand here pending the resolution of the state court action, both in the interests of comity and efficient judicial administration.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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