Hamilton v. Svatik’s Empirical Analysis
779 F.2d 383 · 1985
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently July 2018 · most notably Cleveland v. Caplaw Enterprises (2006), Cabrera v. Jakabovitz (1994)
33 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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. § 1982 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 3604 (§ 804 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968)) · 42 U.S.C. § 3612 (§ 812 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968))
Relies on General Building Contractors Assn., Inc. v. Pennsylvania · Julius Goldman's Egg City v. United States · Multistate Legal Studies, Inc. v. Ladd, Register of Copyrights · Lenard v. Argento · Huff v. White Motor Corp.
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]lthough there may be no evidence of Eleanor's involvement in the incident, it is undisputed that she is the sole owner of the building and that her brother acts as her agent. In cases of racial discrimination in housing, a principal is liable for the wrongful acts of its agent.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]ll citizens of the United States shall have the same right, in every State and Territory, as is enjoyed by white citizens thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[a] principal is liable for punitive damages for the discriminatory acts of [its] agent only if [the principal] knew of or ratified the acts'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pumphrey · Jonathan E. Pumphrey Clay Keith Baltimore Neighborhoods, Incorporated v. Stephen Homes, Incorporated Sheila Ort, United States of America, Amicus Curiae. Jonathan E. Pumphrey Clay Keith Baltimore Neighborhoods, Incorporated v. Stephen Homes, Incorporated Sheila Ort, United States of America, Amicus Curiae. Jonathan E. Pumphrey, and Clay Keith Baltimore Neighborhoods, Incorporated v. Stephen Homes, Incorporated Sheila Ort
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.