Christopher Alsbrook’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
46 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 114 later decisions — most recently March 2026 · most notably Miller v. King, Schall v. Wichita State University (2000)
46 district · 9 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 Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Edelman v. Jordan · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · City of Cleburne Texas v. Cleburne Living Center
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 114 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e agree ... that the commissioners may not be sued in their individual capacities directly under the provisions of Title II. Title II provides disabled individuals redress for discrimination by a `public entity.' That term, as it is defined within the statute, does not include individuals.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“no qualified individual with a disability shall, by reason of such disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of a public entity, or be subjected to discrimination by any such entity.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“A State shall not be immune under the eleventh amendment to the Constitution of the United States from suit in Federal court for a violation of this chapter.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Thomas Bradley, as Natural Guardian Of, and on Behalf of David Bradley, a Minor Dianna Bradley, as Natural Guardian Of, and on Behalf of David Bradley, a Minor - United States of America, Intervenor on Appeal v. Arkansas Department of Education Mike Crowley, Individually and in His Capacity as an Employee of the Arkansas Department of Education - Williford School District 39 John Does, 1-10, Advocacy Services, Inc., Amicus Curiae. Jim C, Individually and as Parent and Next Friend of J.C. Susan C, Individually and as Parent and Next Friend of J.C. - United States of America, Intervenor on Appeal v. Atkins School District Arch Ford Education Service Cooperative Arkansas Department of Education · 57 F. Supp. 3d 985 - Issaenko v. University of Minnesota
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.