Steffan v. Smyzer’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 20 U.S.C. § 6731 · 20 U.S.C. § 7942 · 20 U.S.C. § 7943 · 20 U.S.C. § 7945 · 20 U.S.C. § 7946 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Mitchell v. Forsyth · Nixon v. Fitzgerald · Steelvest, Inc. v. Scansteel Service Center, Inc. · Scifres v. Kraft · Rowan County v. Sloas
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.
“[b]ecause it is a statutory defense to liability only, its denial can be vindicated following a final judgment as with any other liability defense”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Recbar, LLC v. Drake
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.