Seoane v. Ortho Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
660 F.2d 146 · 1981
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 5 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently June 2012 · most notably Beeler v. Downey (1982), Rich v. Secretary of Army (1984)
26 federal appellate · 5 district · 10 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Roe v. Wade · San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · McGowan v. State of Maryland Gallagher · Shapiro v. Thompson
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“has been reserved for matters involving race, religion, national origin, and characterizations impinging upon 'fundamental rights.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“not been shown to be unreasonable, either on its face or as applied.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Arceneaux v. Treen
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.