Scott v. Young’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Relies on Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · Daniel v. Paul · Valle v. Stengel · Miller v. Amusement Enterprises, Inc.
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(a) All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in this section, without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin. “(b) Each of the following establishments which serve the public is a place of public accommodation within the meaning of this subchapter if its operations affect commerce, or if discrimination or segregation by it is supported by State action . .”
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.