Gloria Theriault v. David E. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
523 F.2d 601 · 1975
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 7 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently April 2013 · most notably Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Sarkisian (1986), Fortin v. Commissioner of Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare (1982)
25 federal appellate · 7 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
Relies on United States v. Swift & Co. · System Federation No. 91 v. Wright · Burns v. Alcala · Lubben v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 27 · United States v. Louisiana
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t may well be unreasonable to require defendant, for the indefinite future, to abide by a consent decree based upon an interpretation of law that has been rendered incorrect by a subsequent Supreme court decision.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a prior judgment upon which it is based has been reversed or otherwise vacated or it is no longer equitable that the judgment should have prospective application.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Defendant beginning August 1, 1974 will, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 602 (a)(10) and 42 U.S.C. § 606 (a), grant AFDC benefits to otherwise eligible women . on behalf of their unborn children. Id. at 601, n.2 (emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Morris v. Travisono
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.