Langton v. Hogan’s Empirical Analysis
71 F.3d 930 · 1995
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 11 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently February 2026 · most notably American Cyanamid Co. v. Capuano (2004), United States v. Cunan (1998)
14 federal appellate · 11 district · 5 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 18 U.S.C. § 2510 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 2511 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Sandin v. Conner · Soberon v. United States · Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail · United States v. ITT Continental Baking Co. · United States v. Armour & Co.
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A judgment that is entered with prejudice ... by stipulated dismissal ... bars a second suit on the same claim or cause of action.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is not a ruling on the merits... [that] applies to others under the law of claim preclusion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“All [DOC agents] are enjoined permanently ... from ... endeavoring to intercept ... any wire communication by or to [Gilday] ... except as specifically permitted by these statutes ... as they have been construed or may be construed in [authoritative decisions].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gilday v. Dubois
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.