Rovinsky v. McKaskle’s Empirical Analysis
722 F.2d 197 · 1984
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 1 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently January 2023 · most notably 20 Cal. 4th 1178 - NBC Subsidiary (KNBC-TV), Inc. v. Superior Court (1999), Kathleen Braun v. Barbara Powell (2000)
15 federal appellate · 1 district · 14 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 Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · In re Oliver · Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia · Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart · Globe Newspaper Company v. Superior Court for County of Norfolk
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“right to intrude uninvited into conferences at the bench and in chambers.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. B.H., C.H., J.E. v. Jess McDonald Director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Appeal of Patrick T. Murphy, Both as an Individual Citizen and as the Cook County Public Guardian, Marlin R., Lamore W., Minors, by Their Next Friend, Patrick T. Murphy, Proposed Intervenors · United States v. William T. Smith, Jr. And Alan R. Stoneman. Appeal of John Doe“not merely a method to assure that nothing untoward is done clandestinely but a guarantee against the very conduct of private hearings.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Any necessity that the motions be heard outside the jury's presence did not require that they be heard behind closed doors. Prejudice could readily have been prevented without excluding the press and public by, for example, sequestering the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Morales
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.