John J. Donnelly v. Honorable Barrington D. Parker’s Empirical Analysis
486 F.2d 402 · 1973
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably Nixon v. Sirica (1973), Colonial Times, Inc. v. Gasch (1975)
19 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 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. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1651
Relies on Hanna v. Plumer · Cobbledick v. United States · Will v. United States · Roche v. Evaporated Milk Ass'n · Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[S]tate law may confer but not deny capacity to sue or defend federally, and the only effect of a party's competence upon maintenance of the action is the possible need for appointment of a guardian ad litem or entry of a protective order.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Only where an appeal can promise no more than 'a clearly inadequate remedy' may the remedy of mandamus be resorted to.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Knable v. Wilson“all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nixon v. Sirica
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.