United States v. Decker’s Empirical Analysis
600 F.2d 733 · 1979
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently September 2013 · most notably Williams v. Babbitt (1997), Khouzam v. Attorney General of the United States (2008)
16 federal appellate · 5 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
Applies 16 U.S.C. § 776 · 25 U.S.C. § 2 · 5 U.S.C. § 701 · 5 U.S.C. § 702
Relies on Baker v. Carr · Morton v. Mancari · Morton v. Ruiz · Williams v. Lee · McClanahan v. State Tax Commission of Arizona
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“as long as the special treatment can be tied rationally to the fulfillment of Congress' unique obligation toward the Indians.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Traditional equal protection analysis, which requires a compelling state interest to justify invidious racial discrimination, does not apply to legislation or governmental action favoring Indians.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“capable of accurate and ready determination”
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.