Rice v. Cayetano’s Empirical Analysis
146 F.3d 1075 · 1998
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1971 (Civil Rights Act of 1957) · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Baker v. Carr · Reynolds v. Sims · Morton v. Mancari · Fw/pbs Inc II v. City of Dallas Mjr Inc · Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Hawaiian' means any descendant of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands which exercised sovereignty and subsisted in the Hawaiian Islands in 1778, and which peoples thereafter have continued to reside in Hawaii.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“fact that the entire State of Hawai'i voted to amend the State Constitution in 1978 to establish the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is significant because it illustrates the recognition of the importance of Hawaiian culture and traditions as the foundation of the Aloha spirit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rice v. Cayetano“may rationally conclude that Hawaiians, being the group to whom trust obligations run and to whom OHA trustees owe a duty of loyalty, should be the group to decide who the trustees ought to be.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rice v. Cayetano
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.