Small v. Olympic Prefabricators, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
588 F.2d 287 · 1978
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Patterson v. United States · Campbell v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California · DeCosta v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · Timmins v. Hale · Kendall v. Davis
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“factual findings of the magistrate adopted by the district court (are) subject to the clearly erroneous standard of Rule 53(a), . . . the legal decision of the magistrate (is) subject to the full review of this court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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