Skaggs v. Carle’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “discretion, the fundamental consideration underlying those decisions is one of prudent self-restraint: federal courts should generally refrain, as a matter of policy, from intruding in the name of the Constitution upon the internal affairs of Congress at the behest of lawmakers who have failed to prevail in the political process. 6 Id. at 2. The court also dismissed the voters' derivative claims: To allow the voters to raise the claims of their Representatives, the court reasoned,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Skaggs v. Carle

2. “No bill or joint resolution, amendment, or conference report carrying a Federal income tax rate increase shall be considered as passed or agreed to unless so determined by a vote of not less than three-fifths of the Members voting.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Skaggs v. Carle

3. “is an all-too-facile expedient to circumvent the doctrine of equitable discretion, and to subvert altogether the holdings of the line of discretionary abstention cases.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Skaggs v. Carle