Morgan v. D O'Bryant Aft’s Empirical Analysis
671 F.2d 23 · 1982
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co. · Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · Green v. County School Board of New Kent County
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unnecessarily trammel the interests or opportunities of whites.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“We understand, and sincerely regret, the fact that the expectations of certain teachers have been defeated, but the alternative would be to defeat the expectations of the plaintiff class of school children and their parents. The district court struck a reasonable balance between these competing interests, and we therefore see no reason to disturb it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“(a)bsent proceedings and proof showing that Boston's dual school system has been abolished, the district court retained power to make orders premised on the unconstitutional conditions it found to exist.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Morgan v. McDonough
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.