Jones v. Graham’s Empirical Analysis
709 F.2d 1457 · 1983
Citation profile
25 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably Moon v. Newsome (1989), Goforth v. Owens (1985)
25 federal appellate ·
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 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Relies on Link v. Wabash Railroad · Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · S.S. Zoe Colocotroni v. Puerto Rico · Hildebrand v. Honeywell, Inc. · Wayne Ramsay v. James Bailey, M.D.
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.
“is an inherent aspect of its authority to enforce its orders and insure prompt disposition of lawsuits.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“clear record of delay or willful contempt and a finding that lesser sanctions would not suffice.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'Plaintiffs' flagrant and consistent failure to timely comply with court orders, and their virtual lack of prosecution in these cases, has greatly prejudiced defendants,' which prejudice 'can only be cured by the sanction of dismissal.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Searock v. Stripling
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.