Ealy v. Littlejohn’s Empirical Analysis
569 F.2d 219 · 1978
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently March 2007 · most notably Familias Unidas v. Briscoe (1980), Durrett v. Washington National Insurance (1980)
28 federal appellate · 2 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2283 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Younger v. Harris · New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Monroe v. Pape · Fuentes v. Shevin
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the reviewing court on the entire evidence is left with a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“When there will be no interruption of ongoing state criminal proceedings, and thus no threat to proper federal-state relations, Younger does not bar federal intervention so long as the plaintiff can satisfy the requirements of federal jurisdiction, and can demonstrate (i) exceptional circumstances and (ii) that an injunction is necessary for adequate protection of constitutional rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]here was no state prosecution pending against these plaintiffs when they instituted the present suit, thus making the Younger holding inapplicable.”
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.