United States v. McLeod’s Empirical Analysis
385 F.2d 734 · 1967
Citation profile
91 federal appellate · 13 district · 28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 203 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2018 · most notably Pulliam v. Allen (1984), 13 Cal. 3d 757 - White v. Davis (1975)
91 federal appellate · 13 district · 28 state decisions — followed in 18 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.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 241 (Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2283 · 42 U.S.C. § 1971 (Civil Rights Act of 1957) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Monroe v. Pape · Fay v. Noia · Pierson v. Ray · United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · Dombrowski v. Pfister
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 203 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * The Court can and must, however, do all within its power to eradicate the effect of the unlawful prosecutions in this case. We therefore hold that the district court should enter an order requiring the appropriate officials of Dallas County to return all fines, and to expunge from the record all arrests and convictions resulting from the prosecutions which form the basis for these suits. * * *”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent““In Pierson v. Ray (1967), 386 U.S. 547 , 87 S.Ct. 1213 , 18 L.Ed.2d 288 , the Supreme Court held that judges are immune from liability for damages in suits under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . The case does not, of course, mean that they may not be enjoined from pursu ing a course of unlawful conduct.” 385 F.2d at 738, n. 3 .”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent““A court of the United States may not grant an injunction to stay proceedings in a State court except as expressly authorized by Act of Congress, or where necessary in aid of its jurisdiction, or to protect or effectuate its judgments.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.