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Postscript Enterprises, Inc. v. Westfall’s Empirical Analysis

771 F.2d 1132 · 1985

Citation profile

8
cited by 8 later decisions
October 1999
most recently cited

5 federal appellate · 2 district ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Steffel v. Thompson · Craig v. Boren · Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National Union · Stanley v. Georgia · Public Serv. Comm'n of Utah v. Wycoff 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “) D. . In addition to arguing that plaintiffs’ constitutional challenges are without merit, defendants contend that two plaintiffs lack standing. Before addressing the merits of a constitutional challenge,”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “a court must decide whether the party has standing to assert the constitutional rights in question.”
    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.