Patrykus v. Gomilla’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on De La Fuente v. Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. · Swanson v. American Consumer Industries, Inc. · Secretary of Labor v. Fitzsimmons · Trotter v. Klincar · Gomez v. Illinois State Board of Education
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In addition to estimating the number of class members, the court considers judicial economy and the ability of class members to institute individual suits.”
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.