Green v. Christiansen’s Empirical Analysis
732 F.2d 1397 · 1984
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 6 district · 23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 80 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably Thomas v. Brewer (1991), Vega v. United States (2007)
35 federal appellate · 6 district · 23 state decisions — followed in 17 states
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 United States v. Georgia-Pacific Co. · White v. Pearlman · Smith v. Swope · Johnson v. Williford
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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'action so affirmatively wrong or inaction so grossly negligent that it would be unequivocally inconsistent with "fundamental principles of liberty and justice”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the party to be estopped must know the facts; (2) he must intend that his conduct shall be acted upon or must act so that the party asserting the estoppel has a right to believe it is so intended; (3) the party asserting the estoppel must be ignorant of the facts; and (4) that party must rely on the former’s conduct to his injury.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A sentence ... means a continuous sentence, unless interrupted by escape, violation of parole, or some fault of the prisoner, and he cannot be required to serve it in installments.”
4 later decisions 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.