Lightfoot v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
797 F.2d 505 · 1986
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 7 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently June 2020 · most notably Northern Indiana Public Service Co. v. Carbon County Coal Co. (1986), State ex rel. State Fire Marshal v. Curl (2000)
13 federal appellate · 7 district · 7 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 28 U.S.C. § 1651 · 28 U.S.C. § 2414 · 31 U.S.C. § 1304
Relies on Olympia Equipment Leasing Company v. Western Union Telegraph Company · Adams v. Walker · Prudential Insurance Company of America and Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Bettie Boyd, Clarice D. Boyd as the Natural Mother and Guardian of Danita Boyd and Daniel Boyd, Iii, as Minors, Prudential Insurance Company of America and Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Bettie Boyd, Clarice D. Boyd as the Natural Mother and Guardian of Danita Boyd and Daniel Boyd, Iii, as Minors · Dreske v. Wisconsin Department of Health & Social Services
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Judgments against the United States, for example, are paid out of a general appropriation (the 'Judgments Fund,' as it is called) to the Treasury. This makes Rule 62(e), which entitles the federal government (and its departments, agencies, and officers) to a stay of execution pending appeal, without its having to post a bond or other security, appropriate.”
3 later decisions 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.