Gordon v. Pittman’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
July 1968
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Oakes v. H. Weil Baking Co. · Massett v. Keff · Fontenelle v. Waguespack · Miller v. Meche · Finkelstein v. Naihaus
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The plaintiff, in his application, has called to our attention the fact that this suit was filed ‘in forma pauperis’, and that we erroneously dismissed his suit at his cost. Our decree is amended by striking out the phrase ‘at his cost.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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