Houston v. Bryan’s Empirical Analysis
725 F.2d 516 · 1984
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently April 2019 · most notably Lake at Las Vegas Investors Group, Inc. v. Pacific Malibu Development Corp. (1991), Webb v. Sloan (2003)
18 federal appellate · 4 district ·
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 Rideout v. United States · Price v. Johnston · Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission · Hoffman v. Halden · Michael Cohen v. Russell K. Norris
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`The tenor of these statutory provisions is that with respect to the general run of prosecutions in the various counties of Nevada the attorney general of Nevada has no duties and responsibilities. His authority concerning supervision of district attorneys is permissive and discretionary.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Webb v. Sloan · Webb v. Sloan“noncompliance with local and federal rules pertaining to a hearing on a motion for summary judgment is not, by itself, reversible error absent a showing of prejudice.”
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.