Alden v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 794 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · Maine v. Thiboutot · Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer · Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority v. Metcalf & Eddy, Inc. · Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof ... , shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any state to the Contrary notwithstanding.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. John Aldens v. Maine“the indignity of subjecting a State to the coercive process of judicial tribunals at the instance of private parties,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. John Aldens v. Maine“`the Eleventh Amendment does not apply in state courts.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. John Aldens v. Maine
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.