Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
870 federal appellate · 248 district · 849 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 3,040 later decisions (141 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2024 · most notably Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. (1982), Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City (1978)
870 federal appellate · 248 district · 849 state decisions — followed in 43 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
reviewedAmerican Mini Theatres, Inc., a Michigan Corporation, and Pussycat Theatres of Michigan, a Michigan Corporation v. Roman Gribbs, Mayor of the City of Detroit, Nortown Theatre Inc. v. Roman Gribbs, Mayor of the City of Detroit (from Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals)
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 New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · Broadrick v. Oklahoma · Grayned v. City of Rockford · United States v. O'Brien
Cited together with City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. · United States v. O'Brien · Schad v. Borough of Mount Ephraim · Broadrick v. Oklahoma · Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville
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 3,040 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he city's interest in attempting to preserve the quality of urban life is one that must be accorded high respect.”
80 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he inquiry for First Amendment purposes is not concerned with economic impact; rather, it looks only to the effect of this ordinance upon freedom of expression.”
34 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“the very existence of some statutes may cause persons not before the Court to refrain from engaging in constitutionally protected speech.”
22 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.