Dean v. Lehman’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
30 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1341 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Webb's Fabulous Pharmacies, Inc. v. Beckwith · 106 Wash. 2d 54 - State v. Gunwall · Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation · United States v. Sperry Corp.
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`One who is not adversely affected by a statute may not question its validity.'... This basic rule of standing `prohibits a litigant ... from asserting the legal rights of another.' ... It also mandates that a party have a `real interest therein,' ... prior to bringing a cause of action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[a]ll taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of property within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax . . . [a]ll real estate shall constitute one class. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Where the charge is related to a direct benefit or service, it is generally not considered a tax or assessment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.