Weissinger v. White’s Empirical Analysis
733 F.2d 802 · 1984
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently July 2013
6 federal appellate · 6 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 United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Frontiero v. Richardson · Royster Guano Co v. Commonwealth of Virginia · Local 408, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. National Labor Relations Board · Lehnhausen v. Lake Shore Auto Parts Co.
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Alabama justifies its disparate tax treatment of half of the four types of Class III property [by] asserting] a special interest in preserving farm and timberland. “The district court recognized that ‘Alabama is particularly concerned about the preservation of its agricultural and forest property and seeks through its property tax structure to preserve such property by providing additional preferential tax treatment for such property.’ ... The state is free to enact measures that attempt to perpetuate certain desirable uses of its land in the face of economic pressures to convert the property to other more lucrative pursuits. Institution of a favorable tax system is one rationally related means by which to effect that end. A formula for the evaluation of farm and timber property that routinely holds assessment values below the normal selling price will certainly encourage the continued use of land for its present purpose. Therefore, in view of Alabama’s legitimate goal to preserve land for agriculture and forestry, we conclude that any disparity in the valuation of two of the types of Class III property is rationally related to the achievement of a permissible state purpose.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It has consistently been recognized that pendent jurisdiction is a doctrine of discretion, not of plaintiff’s right. Its justification lies in considerations of judicial economy, convenience and fairness to litigants; if these are not present, the federal courts should hesitate to exercise jurisdiction over state claims, even though bound to apply state law to them____ Needless decisions of state law should be avoided both as a matter of comity and to promote justice between the parties by procuring for them a surefooted reading of applicable law____ [I]f it appears that the state issues substantially predominate, whether in terms of proof, of the scope of the issues raised, or of the comprehensiveness of the remedies sought, the state claims may be dis missed without prejudice and left for resolution to state tribunals---- Finally, there may be reasons independent of jurisdictional considerations, such as the likelihood of jury confusion in treating divergent legal theories of relief, that would justify separating state and federal claims for trial____ If so, jurisdiction should ordinarily be refused.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“federal equal protection challenges to state tax laws are reviewed with a minimal level of scrutiny”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.