Patricia Bragg’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently February 2024 · most notably Peterson Novelties, Inc. v. City of Berkley (2002), Lynn v. Bliden (2006)
2 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 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 Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · Edelman v. Jordan · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“exclusive jurisdiction over the regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Sovereign immunity does not, for example, prevent the United States itself from bringing suit against an unconsenting State to ensure compliance with federal law. Moreover, Congress may abrogate a State’s immunity pursuant to its enforcement power under § 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment. A State, of course, may waive its immunity by consenting to be sued in federal court. And ... the Eleventh Amendment does not preclude private individuals from bringing suit against State officials for prospective injunctive or declaratory relief designed to remedy ongoing violations of federal law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“cooperative federalism.” See Bragg v. West Virginia Coal Ass'n, 248 F.3d 275 , 288 (4th Cir.2001). Under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (”
2 later decisions 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.