Dobyns v. E-Systems, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
667 F.2d 1219 · 1982
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 9 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2010 · most notably Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko (2001), Reuber v. United States (1984)
31 federal appellate · 9 district · 1 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 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co. · Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority · Flagg Brothers Inc v. Brooks J Lefkowitz · Marsh v. State of Alabama
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“indicate[s] the assumption of a police activity which is clearly a public function.”
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.