Cicchetti v. Lucey’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 Bell v. Burson · Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. Patterson · Palmigiano v. Baxter
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a)ll those persons whose Massachusetts License to Operate Motor Vehicles has been suspended by the defendant or his predecessors or successors in office pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 90C, Section 4, prior to an opportunity for hearing on such suspension.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“it denies persons of an important interest without an opportunity for prior hearing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(m)ootness is not an issue as this action is brought on behalf of a class.”
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.