United States v. Pilcher’s Empirical Analysis
2020
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1913 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Gomez v. United States · Triestman v. Federal Bureau of Prisons · Weixel v. Board of Education · James · Southern Methodist University Ass'n v. Wynne & Jaffe
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“resolve an important issue completely separate from the merits of the action”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he title of the complaint must name all the parties,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Does v. Mills“conclusively determine the disputed question”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.