Martin v. Merola’s Empirical Analysis
532 F.2d 191 · 1976
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 8 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2008 · most notably Tower v. Glover (1984), Singleton v. City of New York (1980)
25 federal appellate · 8 district · 1 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. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Scheuer v. Rhodes · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Younger v. Harris · Wood v. Strickland · Sheppard v. Maxwell
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Until the state prosecutions have been concluded, it is simply impossible to make a reasoned evaluation of plaintiff’s claim... . Moreover, even if such determination were possible, it would offend the principle of comity for a federal district court to inquire into ... a pending state criminal proceeding. See Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 , 91 S.Ct. 746 , 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971).... In implementing the policy of non-interference, federal courts must focus upon the practical impact of any potential ruling ... In addition, such parallel proceeding represents a drain on already over-extended judicial resources... .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“That appellants herein have requested such an inquiry in the context of an action for damages rather than a suit directly to enjoin a state criminal proceeding is not determinative ... In implementing the policy of non-interference, federal courts must focus upon the practical impact of any potential ruling ... In addition such parallel proceedings represent a drain on already overextended judicial and prosecutorial resources.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We believe the requirement that defendants wait until criminal proceedings have terminated before asking a federal court for damages against the prosecutor will tend to eliminate those suits which might be brought for purposes of harassment.”
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.