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Plantamura v. Cipolla’s Empirical Analysis

617 F.2d 344 · 1980

Citation profile

11
cited by 11 later decisions
November 2007
most recently cited

8 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 703 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)

Relies on Baltimore Contractors, Inc. v. Bodinger · Gardner v. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. · General Electric Co. v. Marvel Rare Metals Co. · Yaffe v. Powers · Build of Buffalo, Inc. v. Frank A. Sedita, as Mayor and Chief Executive of the City of Buffalo

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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “narrow[ ] the scope of the available injunctive relief so as”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “'contracting the scope of the injunctive relief originally sought.' " 14 The court observed that the gist of the plaintiffs' claim was "the systematic and knowledgeable failure of responsible authorities to take any measures to correct a pattern of abusive police practices.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “(t)he sole injunction requested in this complaint is to enjoin (the hospital and the clinic) both dismissed from the suit from requiring spousal consent for sterilization.”
    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.