Davidson v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
October 1997
most recently cited
4 federal appellate ·
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“institutional findings of guilt nullified, and the proceedings expunged from [Davidson's] record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Davidson v. Riley
How this case has been treated — in progress
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