Tallulah Morgan v. John J. McDonough’s Empirical Analysis
540 F.2d 527 · 1976
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 8 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently April 2018 · most notably 552 F. Supp. 131 - United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. (1983), Miller v. Carson (1977)
21 federal appellate · 8 district · 9 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. Nixon · Reynolds v. Sims · Meyer v. State of Nebraska · Powell v. McCormack · Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a court of equity is justified, especially in aid of an outstanding injunction, in turning to less common ones, such as a receivership, to get the job done.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(g)iven the situation that had developed at the School under existing leadership, the court was entitled to conclude that a change in command was indicated. The change tied into the appointment of the receiver, giving the latter, in conjunction with the court, the opportunity, after study, to bring in administrators and perhaps faculty that seemed best able to cope with the extraordinary difficulties and pressures at the School.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(q)uite obviously if the School facilities were maintained at a level way below normal, the difficulty of restoring and maintaining a functioning, desegregated School at which learning of any type could occur would be increased.”
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.