583 F. Supp. 175 - Thompson v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
April 1985
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Warth v. Seldin · Buckley v. Valeo · Singleton v. Wulff · Railroad Commission v. Pullman Co. · Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia
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.
“The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ... may assign a retired judge of a court of record, with his consent, to any court of record except the Supreme Court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Thompson v. Walker“all retired judges eligible for recall to judicial service.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Thompson v. Walker
How this case has been treated — in progress
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