Goodisman v. Lytle’s Empirical Analysis
724 F.2d 818 · 1984
Citation profile
41 federal appellate · 6 district · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 84 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably Hoohuli v. Ariyoshi (1984), Todoroy v. DCH Healthcare Authority (1991)
41 federal appellate · 6 district · 13 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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Edelman v. Jordan · Perry v. Sindermann · Dandridge v. Williams · Skinner v. State of Oklahoma Williamson
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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if the procedural requirements are intended to be a 'significant substantive restriction' on ... decision making.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A protected property interest exists if there is a 'legitimate claim of entitlement' to a specific benefit.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“outstanding ability in teaching or research, command[ed] obvious respect from colleagues, and provide[d] a substantial contribution”
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.