Donald F. Garrett v. James B. Bamford, Chairman’s Empirical Analysis
538 F.2d 63 · 1976
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 10 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2010 · most notably Fair Assessment in Real Estate Assn., Inc. v. McNary (1981), Rosewell v. National Bank (1981)
20 federal appellate · 10 district · 2 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 Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Washington v. Davis · Steffel v. Thompson · Hagans v. Lavine
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... it is sufficient for a finding of inadequacy that the availability of the state remedy be merely uncertain.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“district courts shall not enjoin, suspend or restrain the assessment, levy or collection of any tax under State law . . . ,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Where legal remedies require multiple suits involving identical issues against the same defendant, federal equity practice has recognized the inadequacy of the legal remedy and has provided a forum.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.