Smith v. Ricks’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 17 (§ 6 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914) · 42 U.S.C. § 11101 (Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986) · 42 U.S.C. § 11112 · 42 U.S.C. § 11151
Relies on Tw Electrical Service Inc Nn v. Pacific Electrical Contractors Association · 731 F. Supp. 934 - Austin v. McNamara
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“reasonable belief that the action was in furtherance of quality health care”
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.