Hicks v. Pleasure House, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions (8 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2012 · most notably Walters v. National Assn. of Radiation Survivors (1985), McLucas v. DeChamplain (1975)
25 federal appellate · 6 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1253 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2284
Relies on Younger v. Harris · Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. v. Epstein · Stratton v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. · Federal Trade Commission v. Universal-Rundle Corp. · Schackman v. Arnebergh
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I] f a single judge oversteps his limited authority under § 2284(3), a court of appeals may correct his error. In addition, a temporary restraining order issued pursuant to § 2284(3) is reviewable in a court of appeals to the extent that any such order is reviewable under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 1292(a).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“action or proceeding required by Act of Congress to be heard and determined by a district court of three judges.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“However, if no such appeal is taken before the three-judge court is convened, application must be made to. that court for vacation .or modification of the temporary restraining order pending a final determination on the merits.”
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.