Hess v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently October 2012
2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1401 · 42 U.S.C. § 1437 (HOPE VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Mainstreet Rejuvenation and Housing Act of 2003)
Relies on Udall v. Tallman · Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · Hagans v. Lavine · Thorpe v. Housing Authority of Durham · Francis P. And E. Edith McCullough in No. 74-1997 v. Redevelopment Authority of the City of Wilkes-Barre, a Public Corporation Francis P. And E. Edith McCullough v. Redevelopment Authority of the City of Wilkes-Barre, a Public Corporation, in No. 74-1998. Francis P. And E. Edith McCullough v. Redevelopment Authority of the City of Wilkes-Barre, a Public Corporation Appeal of Theodore R. Robb and James T. Lynn in No. 74-1999
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(l)ocal authorities are required to follow the policies set forth in the (HUD) Handbook.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.