182 F. Supp. 681 - Progress Development Corporation v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 77A (§ 1 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 2283
Relies on Shelley v. Kraemer · Buchanan v. Warley · Hughes v. Superior Court · Hughes v. Superior Court · 128 F. Supp. 305 - Combs v. Illinois State Toll Highway Commission
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The mere intention to take some action at some time in the future, which might or might not occur, and which if it does occur might present a situation coming under the Civil Rights Act does not present any justiciable question under the Civil Rights Act it”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“* * * Rights guaranteed to `persons' under the Constitution are guaranteed to corporations since the Supreme Court has repeatedly held that corporations come within that classification.”
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.