478 F. Supp. 975 - Dodd v. Rue’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1441 · 28 U.S.C. § 1447 · 42 U.S.C. § 1982 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Relies on Gully v. First Nat. Bank in Meridian · Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Mottley · Brown v. Board of Education · Georgia v. Rachel · City of Greenwood v. Peacock
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““§ 1443. Civil rights cases Any of the following civil actions or criminal prosecutions, commenced in a State court may be removed by the defendant to the district court of the United States for the district and division embracing the place wherein it is pending. (2) For any act under color of authority derived from any law providing for equal rights, or for refusing to do any act on the ground that it would be inconsistent with such law.” (Emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. White v. Wellington
How this case has been treated — in progress
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