663 F. Supp. 692 - Smith v. Reagan’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 22 U.S.C. § 1732 · 28 U.S.C. § 2201
Relies on Cort v. Ash · United States v. Nixon · Powell v. McCormack · William Marbury v. James Madison · United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell
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.
“enjoy the full protection and benefit of [the Hostage Act] and further that the Defendants shall comply with such statutory provisions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Reagan
How this case has been treated — in progress
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