Tasby v. Woolery’s Empirical Analysis

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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.

1. “At the request of the School District, the Court’s 1994 Unitary Status Order expanded the tolerance to allow a plus or minus 15% deviation from Singleton requirements. The Court also directed the School Disti’ict to do the following: 1. Achieve full compliance with Singleton ratios (plus or minus 15% tolerance) by the beginning of school in Fall 1996; 2. Document the reasons for granting waivers to schools from Singleton compliance; 3. Ensure that teacher assignments to achieve Singleton compliance do not place a disproportionate number of inexperienced minority teachers in predominantly minority schools.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 972 F. Supp. 1065 - Tasby v. Gonzalez

2. ““After three years, if the District has continued to substantially comply with the Judgment and other desegregation decrees of the Court, and has met the requirements of this Opinion, the Court will hold a hearing at which Plaintiffs and Intervenor will have opportunity to show cause why the case should not be dismissed. Unless good cause is shown, the Court will then relinquish jurisdiction and dismiss the case by appropriate decree.” Id. at 478 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tasby v. Moses

3. “refers to the desegregation decree issued by this Court on February 1, 1982, as amended in 1987, and all other relevant desegregation orders predating the Court’s Memorandum Opinion and Order of July 26, 1994. The Memorandum Opinion and Order of July 26, 1994 shall be referred to as the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tasby v. Moses