Doe v. Marshall’s Empirical Analysis
622 F.2d 118 · 1980
Citation profile
71 federal appellate · 5 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 128 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2023 · most notably Janvey v. Alguire (2011), American Can Company v. Mansukhani M (1984)
71 federal appellate · 5 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 29 U.S.C. § 794 · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Roe v. Wade · Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Southern Pacific Terminal Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission · Marco Defunis et al. v. Charles Odegaard, President of the University of Washington. · Morrow v. Dillard
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 128 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] determination of mootness neither precludes nor is precluded by an award of attorneys' fees. The attorneys' fees question turns instead on a wholly independent consideration: whether plaintiff is a `prevailing party'”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] determination of mootness does not prevent an award of attorneys' fees on remand.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]ll that is required is that the plaintiff obtain the primary relief sought.”
2 later decisions 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.