Martin v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
733 F.2d 1499 · 1984
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. · Maher v. Gagne · Morrow v. Dillard · Johnson v. State of Mississippi · Robinson v. Kimbrough
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Our disposition of the case makes it unnecessary for us to consider or decide whether plaintiffs could prevail against either the state or federal defendants under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (b) and its interplay with 42 U.S.C. § 1988 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Martin v. Heckler
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.