Schlagenhauf v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
789 federal appellate · 128 district · 484 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 2,238 later decisions (38 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2024 · most notably Hanna v. Plumer (1965), Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal. (1976)
789 federal appellate · 128 district · 484 state decisions — followed in 44 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedSchlagenhauf v. Holder (from Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1254 · 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 1651 · 28 U.S.C. § 2072
Relies on Hickman v. Taylor · Van Dusen v. Barrack · Roche v. Evaporated Milk Ass'n · Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland
Cited together with Will v. United States · Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland · Roche v. Evaporated Milk Ass'n · Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · La Buy v. Howes Leather 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 2,238 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`good cause' requirement ... `is not a mere formality.'”
76 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(b) Parent, Guardian or Other Person Requesting Custody. At any time after the filing of a petition, when the mental or physical condition, including the blood group, of a parent, guardian or other person requesting custody of a child is in controversy, the court may order the person to submit to a physical or mental examination by a qualified professional. The order may be made only on good cause shown and on notice to the person to be examined and to all parties and shall specify the time, place, manner, conditions and scope of the examination and the person or persons by whom it is to be made. The court may, on its own motion or the motion of any party, order a parent, guardian or other person requesting custody of the child to undergo such evaluation, treatment or counseling activities as authorized by law.”
42 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“when there is 'usurpation of judicial power' or a clear abuse of discretion.”
13 later decisions 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.