Borelli v. City of Reading’s Empirical Analysis
532 F.2d 950 · 1976
Citation profile
97 federal appellate · 13 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 298 later decisions — most recently March 2021 · most notably Phillips v. County of Allegheny (2008), Grayson v. Mayview State Hospital (2002)
97 federal appellate · 13 district · 10 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. § 4321 (§ 2 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969)
Relies on Warth v. Seldin · Alfred D. Schiaffo, in No. 72-2168 v. Henry Helstoski, in No. 72-2167 · Granttham v. Mcgraw-Edison Company · Regina Lee Azar v. James R. Conley
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 298 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“cannot amend or declares his intention to stand on his complaint.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]e suggest that district judges expressly state, where appropriate, that the plaintiff has leave to amend within a specified period of time, and that application for dismissal of the action may be made if a timely amendment is not forthcoming within that time. If the plaintiff does not desire to amend, he may file an appropriate notice with the district court asserting his intent to stand on the complaint, at which time an order to dismiss the action would be appropriate.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“question of standing is generally determined from the face of the complaint.”
2 later decisions 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.