Terk v. Ruch’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2281 · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Relies on McGowan v. State of Maryland Gallagher · Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · City of New Orleans v. Dukes · United States v. Carolene Products Co. · Vance v. Bradley
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[m]ore than twenty states either allocate their licenses unevenly, or completely prohibit nonresidents from hunting certain species”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Sheep and Goat are not commerce. In fact, it is illegal to sell them.”
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.