Conroy v. Aniskoff’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
168 federal appellate · 46 district · 92 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 523 later decisions (10 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2026 · most notably Roper Superintendent Potosi Correctional Center v. Simmons (2005), State Ex Rel. Kalal v. Circuit Court for Dane County (2004)
168 federal appellate · 46 district · 92 state decisions — followed in 21 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.
Relationships
Relies on Cannon v. University of Chicago · United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · Doerr v. Doerr · King v. St. Vincent's Hospital · Wisconsin Public Intervenor v. Mortier
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 523 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“entering a crowded cocktail party and looking over the heads of the guests for one's friends.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“The greatest defect of legislative history is its illegitimacy. We are governed by laws, not by the intentions of legislators.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“The period of military service shall not be included in computing any period * * * for the bringing of any action or proceeding in any court * * * whether such cause of action or the right or privilege to institute such action or proceeding shall have accrued prior to or during the periods of such service.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Walters v. Nadell · Wilson v. Speer
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.