Smith v. Young Men's Christian Ass'n of Montgomery, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
462 F.2d 634 · 1972
Citation profile
53 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 96 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2021 · most notably Gilmore v. City of Montgomery (1974), Michael Meyers, Individually and as Representative of a Class v. Pennypack Woods Home Ownership Association and Marion A. Steinbronn (1977)
53 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 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 42 U.S.C. § 2000A (Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority · Gray v. Sanders · Evans v. Newton
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 96 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As we have stated often before, federal courts have an affirmative duty to order broad remedial relief where necessary to correct the effects of a pattern and practice of racial discrimination. Louisiana v. United States, 1965, 380 U.S. 145 , 85 S.Ct. 817, 13 L.Ed.2d 709; Adams v. Miami Police Benevolent Ass'n, Inc., supra; Local 53 of International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers v. Vogler, 5 Cir. 1969, 407 F.2d 1047 ; United States v. Jefferson County Board of Education, 5 Cir. 1966, 372 F.2d 836 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Morrow v. Crisler“numerous recreational activities, such as swimming, scuba diving, table tennis, basketball, [and] tennis”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“come under the broad definition of entertainment expounded in Miller and espoused in Daniel.”
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.