Nowicki v. Cooper’s Empirical Analysis
56 F.3d 782 · 1995
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Younger v. Harris · Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · Neitzke v. Williams
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“policy deprives him of the limited right, ... held implicit in the First Amendment, to observe trials. ... his suit is not frivolous”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Nowicki's business--the rendering of para-legal services directly to clients rather than to lawyers--looks like nothing so much as the unauthorized practice of law.”
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.