Cooper v. Parrish’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Scheuer v. Rhodes · Younger v. Harris · Imbler v. Pachtman · Vandygriff v. Phillips · Hafer v. Melo
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[F]ederal courts should abstain when (1) state proceedings are pending; (2) the state proceedings involve an important state interest; and (3) the state proceedings will afford the plaintiff an adequate opportunity to raise his constitutional claims.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“exposing and prohibiting promotions of prostitution, illegal obscene live performances, acts that contribute to the delinquency of minors, as well as distributions and importations of obscene material.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“when the state's interest is so important that exercising federal jurisdiction would disrupt the comity between federal and state courts.”
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.