Doe v. Randall’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 28 U.S.C. § 2283
Relies on Dombrowski v. Pfister · Zwickler v. Koota · United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell · Public Serv. Comm'n of Utah v. Wycoff Co. · England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““. . . . considerations of federalism have tempered the exercise of equitable power, for the Court has recognized that federal interference with a State’s good-faith administration of its criminal laws is peculiarly inconsistent with our federal framework. It is generally to be assumed that state courts and prosecutors will observe constitutional limitations as expounded by this Court, and that the mere possibility of erroneous initial application of constitutional standards will usually not amount to the irreparable injury necessary to justify a disruption of orderly state proceedings.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“I subscribe to the view that the entire medical profession and innumerable pregnant women live under the sword of Damocles. The exercise of their best medical judgment, the giving of advice and the pregnants’ freedom of choice is “chilled” by the cloud of a statute which renders their actions illegal and puts them in jeopardy of criminal prosecution with the resultant publicity, possible public disgrace, loss of hospital privileges,' threat of license revocation, etc. Id. p. 36”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Steinberg v. Brown““The law specifically prohibits our issuing an injunction in these circumstances, 28 U.S.C., § 2283 ; and this prohibition cannot be avoided by the grant of a declaratory judgment because the same principles of comity and federalism pertain.””
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.