Perko v. Bowers’s Empirical Analysis
945 F.2d 1038 · 1991
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n v. Ogilvie · Molinaro v. New Jersey · Estelle v. Dorrough · Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California · Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Rasmussen
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a court should exercise its discretion in determining whether to dismiss a criminal defendant's civil case based upon the circumstances of each individual case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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