Dougherty v. White’s Empirical Analysis
689 F.2d 142 · 1982
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Corallo v. United States · Nogueras v. Puerto Rico International Airlines, Inc. · Lewis v. United States · Lassiter v. Department of Social Services · Patterson v. Medberry
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It has long been the rule that a federal court should not pass on constitutional issues when it is not necessary to do so. We should avoid constitutional rulings if the issues may be resolved on other grounds.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“revoke or modify any condition of probation,”
1 later decision 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.