Government of the Virgin Islands, Department of Conservation & Cultural Affairs v. Virgin Islands Paving, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
714 F.2d 283 · 1983
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 13 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently April 2016 · most notably Rosa v. Resolution Trust Corp. (1991), Instant Air Freight Co. v. C.F. Air Freight, Inc. (1989)
10 federal appellate · 13 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
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,017 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Management Dynamics, Inc., and William N. Levy, Securities and Exchange Commission v. Management Dynamics, Inc., and Samuel D. Hodge · Continental Group, Inc. v. Amoco Chemicals Corp. · Carty v. Beech Aircraft Corp. · American Bible Society v. Blount
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a statutory provision authorizing preliminary injunctive relief upon a showing of probable cause to believe that the statute is being violated may be considered a substitute for a finding of irreparable harm....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The judicial power of the Territory is vested in . . . the 'District Court of the Virgin Islands,' and in a court of local jurisdiction to be designated the 'Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“When. . . suit is brought in the District Court of the Virgin Islands to enforce provisions of Virgin Islands law, that court sits essentially as a local court.”
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.