Cruz v. Skelton’s Empirical Analysis
543 F.2d 86 · 1976
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently October 2006 · most notably Spinkellink v. Wainwright (1978), Slavin v. Curry (1978)
24 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 Conley v. Gibson · Morrissey v. Brewer · Haines v. Kerner · Gideon v. Wainwright · Gagnon v. Scarpelli
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Slavin v. Curry · Thompson v. Bass“allege[d] no 'invidious discrimination' based on such considerations as race, religion, national origin, or poverty.”
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.