Smith v. Equifax Information Services, LLC’s Empirical Analysis
2007
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Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1681 · 15 U.S.C. § 1681T
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Fernandez-Montes v. Allied Pilots Ass'n · Rhett G. Campbell, Trustee, Joseph C. Canizaro, Intervenor-Appellant v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. · Crabill v. Trans Union, L.L.C. · Southern Christian Leadership Conference v. Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, this subchapter does not annul, alter, affect, or exempt any person subject to the provisions of this subchapter from complying with the laws of any State with respect to the collection, distribution, or use of any information on consumers, or for the prevention or mitigation of identity theft, except to the extent that those laws are inconsistent with any provision of this subchapter, and then only to the extent of the inconsistency.””
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.