Vanscoter’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions

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

1. “Identical words appearing more than once in the same act, and even in the same section, may be construed differently if it appears they were used in different places with different intent.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians v. Wilson · Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians v. Wilson

2. “Neither the statute nor the legislative history suggests Congress considered this specific question. The federal Secretary has expressed the view that plaintiffs’ reading “is not the only possible construction of the Statute,” and that the state’s interpretation is a permissible one absent federal regulation to the contrary. We agree....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 821 F. Supp. 779 - Levesque v. Sheehan

3. “(1) to provide an incentive for AFDC recipients to cooperate with support enforcement; (2) to provide an incentive for absent parents to make regular and timely support payments; (3) to provide supplemental income to needy families; and (4) to reduce governmental spending and the federal deficit.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Luyando v. Grinker