Dixon v. Alabama State Board of Education’s Empirical Analysis
294 F.2d 150 · 1961
Citation profile
180 federal appellate · 36 district · 71 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 468 later decisions (6 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2023 · most notably Goldberg v. Kelly (1970), Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)
180 federal appellate · 36 district · 71 state decisions — followed in 23 states
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 Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy · Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · Shelton v. Tucker · United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell · Wieman v. Updegraff
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 468 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[D]ue process requires notice and some opportunity for hearing before a student at a tax-supported college is expelled for misconduct.”
43 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The minimum procedural requirements necessary to satisfy due process depend upon the circumstances and the interests of the parties involved.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It requires no argument to demonstrate that education is vital and, indeed, basic to civilized society. Without sufficient education the plaintiffs would not be able to earn an adequate livelihood, to enjoy life to the fullest, or to fulfill as completely as possible the duties and responsibilities of good citizens.”
7 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.