McDonald v. Verble’s Empirical Analysis
622 F.2d 1227 · 1980
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently February 2016
10 federal appellate · 2 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
Relies on Curtis v. Loether · Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc. · Civil Rights Cases · Osborne v. County of Adams
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a) To refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide offer, or to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Since 1866, when Congress sought to spell out the civil rights of the newly freed slaves, federal law has recognized the right to purchase and own a house as a fundamental part of American citizenship.””
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.