64 Cal. 2d 529 - Mulkey v. Reitman’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 3 district · 172 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 223 later decisions (6 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2012 · most notably Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. (1970), Reitman v. Mulkey (1967)
19 federal appellate · 3 district · 172 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
Relies on Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al. · Thornhill v. Alabama · Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority · Shelley v. Kraemer · Snowden v. Hughes
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 223 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] state enactment cannot be construed for purposes of constitutional analysis without concern for its immediate objective ... and for its ultimate effect.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage“Whoever denies, or who aids, or incites such denial, or whoever makes any discrimination, distinction or restriction on account of color, race, religion, ancestry, or national origin, contrary to the provisions of Section 51 of this code, is liable for each and every such offense for the actual damages, and two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in addition thereto, suffered by any person denied the right provided in Section 51 of this code.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“All persons within the jurisdiction of this State are free and equal, and no matter what their race, color, religion, ancestry, or national origin are entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, privileges, or services in all business establishments of every kind whatsoever.”
3 later decisions 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.