Fitzharris v. Wolff’s Empirical Analysis
702 F.2d 836 · 1983
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently January 2001 · most notably McQuiston v. Marsh (1983), Stivers v. Pierce (1995)
31 federal appellate · 2 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. § 1343 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Maher v. Gagne · Hanrahan v. Hampton · City of Los Angeles Department of Water v. Manhart
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“some sort of clear, causal relationship between the litigation brought and the practical outcome realized.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the District Court must determine what the lawsuit sought to accomplish and then determine whether it was accomplished by means of the suit.”
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.