Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
674 federal appellate · 169 district · 98 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,762 later decisions (113 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2024 · most notably Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. (1970), Warth v. Seldin (1975)
674 federal appellate · 169 district · 98 state decisions — followed in 27 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 28 U.S.C. § 1257 · 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1982 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 42 U.S.C. § 3601 (§ 801 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968)) · 42 U.S.C. § 3603 (§ 803 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968)) · 42 U.S.C. § 3604 (§ 804 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968))
Relies on Bell v. Hood · National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. State of Alabama Patterson · Shelley v. Kraemer · J. I. Case Co. v. Borak · Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.
Cited together with Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · Monroe v. Pape · Tillman v. Wheaton-Haven Recreation Assn., Inc. · Runyon v. McCrary
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 1,762 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“both federal and state rules on damages may be utilized, whichever better serves the policies expressed in the federal statutes.”
90 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““All citizens of the United States shall have the same right, in every State and Territory, as is enjoyed by white citizens thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property.””
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[Ejxamination of the opinion will show that the majority has failed to explain why the membership share is either real or personal property.”
1 later decision 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.