Azure v. Morton’s Empirical Analysis

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39 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 state decisions

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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As a general rule, the use of a disjunctive in a statute indicates alternatives and requires that they be treated separately.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Soto · Cline v. Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice

2. “qualifying words, phrases, and clauses are to be applied to the words or phrase immediately preceding, and are not to be construed as extending to and including others more remote.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Zimmerman · Elliot Coal Mining Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

3. “Inasmuch as the district court was faced only with determining the rights of the Azure Group plaintiffs, We reverse that part of the order which addressed and collaterally determined the ineligibility of another 178 Indians, the Adams Group, to participate in the Gros Ventre judgment. Although they are members of the Fort Belknap Community, they do not possess the one-quarter degree Gros Ventre blood quantum requisite to participating membership in the Tribe. Because of this deficiency, the district court precluded their participation in the Gros Ventre award”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Adams v. Morton