Sullivan v. Stroop’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
298 federal appellate · 62 district · 78 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 802 later decisions (38 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2024 · most notably Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc. (1993), Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. Doe (1993)
298 federal appellate · 62 district · 78 state decisions — followed in 17 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
reviewedStroop v. Bowen (from Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Russello v. United States · Mart Corporation v. Cartier Inc 47th Street Photo Inc · Oscar Mayer & Co. v. Evans · District of Columbia v. Carter
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 802 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“identical words used in different parts of the same act are intended to have the same meaning”
26 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[I]f the statute is clear and unambiguous,”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“establishes a unified program of grants 'For Aid And Services To Needy Families With Children And For Child-Welfare Services' to be implemented through cooperative efforts of the States and the Federal Government.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Head v. State · Orris v. Sullivan
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.