Nickerson v. Thomson’s Empirical Analysis
504 F.2d 813 · 1974
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · Procunier v. Martinez · Zwickler v. Koota · McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 Cahokia
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(H)owever, at least since Zwickler v. Koota, 389 U.S. 241 , 88 S.Ct. 391, 19 L.Ed.2d 444 (1967), the doctrine of abstention permits federal courts to decline to exercise jurisdiction only in narrowly limited special circumstances,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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