Lance v. Plummer’s Empirical Analysis
353 F.2d 585 · 1965
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2018 · most notably John Martin Oatis, David Johnson, Sr., and R. T. Young v. Crown Zellerbach Corporation (1968), Whittaker Corporation v. Execuair Corporation (1992)
27 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Emil J. Nelson and Richard M. Roberts v. Harold G. Steiner and Ollie Mae Steiner · West Texas Utilities Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · Walling v. Crane · Sharp v. Lucky
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[SJanctions imposed in civil contempt proceedings must always give to the alleged contemnor the opportunity to bring himself into compliance, the sanction cannot be one that does not come to an end when he repents his past conduct and purges himself.''). 23 .See Gompers v. Buck’s Stove & Range Co., 221 U.S. 418, 444-45 , 31 S.Ct. 492 , 55 L.Ed. 797 (1911) (”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“until Lance should satisfy the trial court that he was no longer in violation of the injunctive order and that he would in good faith thereafter comply with the terms of the order.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“shall no longer act under any color, guise, or pretense as a law enforcement or peace officer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.