Bonnet v. Trustees of Schools of Township 41 North’s Empirical Analysis
563 F.2d 831 · 1977
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently May 1996
9 federal appellate ·
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 Younger v. Harris · Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · Railroad Commission v. Pullman Co. · Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd. · Louisiana Power Light Company v. City of Thibodaux
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“first, to what extent a judgment rendered in the person’s absence might be prejudicial to him or those already parties; second, the extent to which, by protective provisions in the judgment, by shaping relief, or other measures, the prejudice can be lessened or avoided; third, whether a judgment rendered in the person’s absence will be adequate; fourth, whether the plaintiff will have an adequate remedy if the action is dismissed for nonjoinder.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“we do not view the availability of an alternative remedy, standing alone, as a sufficient reason for deciding that the action should not proceed among the parties before the court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“in equity and good conscience the action shall proceed among the parties before it”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.