Godfrey v. Iverson’s Empirical Analysis
559 F.3d 569 · 2009
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 13 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Meek v. Shepard · Brown Ex Rel. Brown v. Argenbright Security, Inc. · District of Columbia v. Arnold & Porter · Briggs v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority · District of Columbia v. Hampton
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if the subject in question is so distinctly related to some science, profession or occupation as to be beyond the ken of the average lay person.”
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.