Clark v. Boynton’s Empirical Analysis
362 F.2d 992 · 1966
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently June 2013 · most notably United States v. Powers (1980), Northside Realty Associates, Inc. v. United States (1979)
35 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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 United States v. United Mine Workers of America · Screws v. United States · Shillitani v. United States · United States v. Price · McComb v. Jacksonville Paper Co.
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We have discovered no judicial interpretation of this provision * * *. The legislative history indicates that its primary purpose is to reach interference with school desegregation orders by individuals who are not parties against whom the orders were issued, nor acting in concert with such parties, and who are thus not usually subject to contempt sanctions. * * * We express no opinion on the ultimate applicability of this section either generally or as to Sheriff Clark’s conduct.” Clark v. Boynton, 362 F.2d 992 , 997 n. 14 (5th Cir. 1966).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Whoever, by threats or force, willfully prevents, obstructs, impedes, or interferes with, or willfully attempts to prevent, obstruct, impede, or interfere with, the due exercise of rights or the performance of duties under any order, judgment, or decree of a court of the United States, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. “No injunctive or other civil relief against the conduct made criminal by this section shall be denied on the ground that such conduct is a crime.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“is to be imposed in a civil contempt. One certainly is a clear indication of the party to whom it is to be paid. Another is a sufficient record basis for the propriety of such an award and, in a broad sense at least, the amount of it. Ordinarily, of course, the civil contempt fine”
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.