Smith v. Price’s Empirical Analysis
616 F.2d 1371 · 1980
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Warth v. Seldin · Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · Broadrick v. Oklahoma · Griswold v. State of Connecticut
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the case of regulations governing speech or conduct, a threat of interference with rights of the plaintiff beyond that implied by the mere existence of the regulations must be shown. United Public Workers v. Mitchell, 330 U.S. 75,90-91 [ 67 S.Ct. 556, 564-65 , 91 L.Ed. 754 ] ... (1947). Officer Smith’s challenge to the regulations which were not asserted as a basis for his discharge is non-justiciable because he has suffered no injury from them beyond the mere fact that they exist; Smith has never claimed that he desired to engage in activity violative of those regulations.”
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.