No. 89-2563’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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

1. “contain the contentions of the appellant with respect to the issues presented, and the reasons therefor, with citations to the authorities, statutes and parts of the record relied on.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. William C. Bigby, Curtis B. Bonds and Maurice Brown, And, Ann Erwin, Linda L. Nelson and Patricia A. Riegler, Plaintiffs-Intervenors/appellants v. City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation, Jesse Hoskins and Octavio Mateo, United States of America, And, Robert Petit, Robert Siwek, George Bowness v. City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation, Jesse Hoskins, Leroy Martin and Fred Rice, William C. Bigby, and Subclass "B" of the Class, Curtis B. Bonds and Maurice Brown, and Mary Ellen O'connor, Intervening v. City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation, Jesse Hoskins and Octavio Mateo

2. “This court cannot be called upon to supply the legal research and organization to flesh out a party's arguments.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Herbert Dellenbach v. G. Michael Broglin, D.B. Jordan and Anthony Metzcus

3. “glean, albeit faintly--the basic facts and general lines of argument from the briefs and record . . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. United States v. Morris