McCarty v. Goldstein’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 6 district · 47 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions — most recently May 1994 · most notably 79 Ill. 2d 295 - Anderson v. Wagner (1979), Estate of Stevenson Ex Rel. Talovich v. Hollywood Bar & Cafe, Inc. (1992)
2 federal appellate · 6 district · 47 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on People ex rel. Johnson v. Earl · Rifle Potato Growers Co-Operative Ass'n v. Smith · Allen v. Bailey · Consumers' League v. Colorado & Southern Railway Co. · Champlin Refining Co. v. Cruse
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Equal protection in its guaranty of like treatment to all similarly situated permits classification which is reasonable and not arbitrary and which is based upon substantial differences having a reasonable relation to the objects or persons dealt with and to the public purpose sought to be achieved by the legislation involved."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The classification of occupations and professions for limitation or regulation is a matter for legislative determination, and when based upon reasonable grounds will not be interfered with by the judiciary.”
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.