Pugh v. Rainwater’s Empirical Analysis
572 F.2d 1053 · 1978
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 1 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently March 2023 · most notably United States v. Martinez (1989), Universal Amusement Co. v. Vance (1978)
24 federal appellate · 1 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3146 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 28 U.S.C. § 46
Relies on Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · Railroad Commission v. Pullman Co. · Gerstein v. Pugh · Burford v. Sun Oil Co. · Hagans v. Lavine
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“due process and equal protection requirements”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“imprisonment solely because of indigent status is invidious discrimination and not constitutionally permissible”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he incarceration of those who cannot [pay money bail], without meaningful consideration of other possible alternatives, infringes on both due process and equal protection requirements.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.