Evans v. Garrison’s Empirical Analysis
657 F.2d 64 · 1981
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Whalen v. United States · Cuthrell v. Director, Patuxent Institution · Paige v. United States · Bell v. United States · William David Bell, Jr. v. State of North Carolina, and Samuel Garrison, Warden of Central Prison
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.
“no government agency shall benefit by way of restitution ... except for particular damage or loss to it over and above its normal operating costs.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.