Reeves v. Wilkes’s Empirical Analysis
754 F.2d 965 · 1985
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently August 2010 · most notably United States v. City of Chicago (1989), Thigpen v. Bibb County, Georgia, Sheriff's Department (2000)
13 federal appellate ·
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 National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. New York · United States v. Jefferson County · Rasberry v. Spradling
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the length of time during which the would-be intervenor actually knew or reasonably should have known of his right to intervene ...; (2) whether the prejudice to the rights of existing parties by allowing intervention outweighs the prejudice to the would-be intervenor by denying intervention; [and] (3) [the] existence of unusual circumstances militating either for or against a determination that the application is timely.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“until the court shall determine that the defendants have complied in good faith with this order and the requirements of federal laws relating to employment practices.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“they did not make a collateral attack upon the legality of the decree, nor seek to review prior promotion decisions made under the decree.”
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.