Strickland v. Alderman’s Empirical Analysis
74 F.3d 260 · 1996
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently June 2021 · most notably GJR Investments, Inc. v. County of Escambia (1998), Campbell v. Rainbow City (2006)
10 federal appellate · 6 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)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Bonner v. City of Prichard · The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. Shipman · Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Independent Federation of Flight Attendants · Penson v. Ohio · Bauer v. Waldschmidt
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In order to prevail on an equal protection claim based upon the application of a facially neutral statute, it must be established] that: (1) the plaintiff was treated differently than similarly situated persons; and (2) the defendant unequally applied the facially neutral statute for the purpose of discriminating against the plaintiff.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“As applied due process and equal protection claims are ripe for adjudication when the local authority has rendered its final decision with respect to the application of the regulation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. The John Corporation“An exception to the final decision requirement exists where it would be futile for the plaintiff to pursue a final decision.”
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.