Levine v. Conner’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 451 (Poultry Products Inspection Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 601 (Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1978) · 21 U.S.C. § 603 · 21 U.S.C. § 676 · 5 U.S.C. § 706 · 7 U.S.C. § 1523 · 7 U.S.C. § 1631 · 7 U.S.C. § 182
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · Robinson v. Shell Oil Co.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) in the case of cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, and other livestock, all animals are rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical, chemical or other means that is rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut; or (b) by slaughtering in accordance with the ritual requirements of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith that prescribes a method of slaughter whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous and instantaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument. [ 2 ]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Levine v. Vilsack
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.