Vivian Calhoun v. Ed S. Cook’s Empirical Analysis
487 F.2d 680 · 1973
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hines v. Rapides Parish School Board · Massachusetts Casualty Insurance v. Forman · Benton-Volvo-Metairie, Inc. v. Volvo Southwest, Inc. · Thompson v. Allstate Insurance · Lee v. Macon County Board of Education
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the absolute necessity that the petition for intervention contain such a clear delineation of the contentions of the intervenors as would remove all doubt that the Court would be able to determine the validity of the attempted intervention, or, if the intervention were allowed, the merits of the claim asserted. 487 F.2d at 683 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“in any case where a ground for decision exists which does not involve constitutionality, that ground and not a constitutional issue should be the basis for adjudication.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Tagle v. Regan
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.