Finnerty v. Cowen’s Empirical Analysis
508 F.2d 979 · 1974
Citation profile
50 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 87 later decisions — most recently July 2000 · most notably Ellis v. Blum (1981), Gibas v. Saginaw Mining Co. (1984)
50 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 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
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Goldberg v. Kelly · Hagans v. Lavine · McKart v. United States · King v. Smith
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 87 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“very administrative procedure under attack is the one which the agency says must be exhausted,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“any civil action or proceeding arising under any Act of Congress regulating commerce ....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“According to appellant, the administrative process within the Railroad Retirement Board could not resolve whether these administrative procedures violated the Constitution or the relevant statute and regulations. Similarly, the agency itself could not declare unconstitutional those portions of the Railroad Retirement and Social Security Acts that allegedly discriminate against persons in Mrs. Finnerty’s class. Thus, appellant argues, she was not required to pursue any administrative remedies.”
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.