Smart v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
530 F.2d 64 · 1976
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 144 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Scheuer v. Rhodes · Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Imbler v. Pachtman · Pierson v. Ray · Serfass v. United States
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“issued by the court or clerk and directed 'To any peace officer of the State of Texas'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Crane v. Texas
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.