Olitsky v. O'Malley’s Empirical Analysis
597 F.2d 303 · 1979
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · Lopez v. Aransas County Independent School District · Green v. Ten Eyck · Olitsky v. O'Malley · 429 F. Supp. 973 - Goff v. Texas Instruments Inc.
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(V)oluntary dismissal is, except in unusual circumstances, almost alien to our adversary system. Once a law suit has been commenced, it is the rare attorney who will voluntarily throw in the towel.”
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.