Simms v. Farris’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc. · California v. LaRue · Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp. · Brown-Forman Distillers Corporation v. New York State Liquor Authority
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““No retail package or drink license for the sale of distilled spirits or wine shall be issued for any premises used as or in connection with the operation of any business in which a substantial part of the commercial transaction consists of selling at retail staple groceries or gasoline and lubricating oil.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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