Mitchell v. Cuomo’s Empirical Analysis
748 F.2d 804 · 1984
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 13 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 103 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably Jolly v. Coughlin (1996), Covino v. Patrissi (1992)
21 federal appellate · 13 district · 2 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
Relies on Warth v. Seldin · Bell v. Wolfish · Rhodes v. Chapman · Hullum v. United States · Hamilton Watch Co. v. Benrus Watch Co.
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 103 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When an alleged deprivation of a constitutional right is involved, most courts hold that no further showing of irreparable injury is necessary.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) irreparable harm and (b) either (1) likelihood of success on the merits or (2) sufficiently serious question going to the merits to make them a fair ground for litigation and a balance of hardships tipping decidedly toward the party requesting the preliminary injunctive relief.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a conflict between the state's financial and administrative concerns on the one hand, and the risk of substantial constitutional harm to plaintiffs on the other ... the balance of hardships tips decidedly in plaintiff's favor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.