Toussaint v. McCarthy’s Empirical Analysis
801 F.2d 1080 · 1986
Citation profile
284 federal appellate · 37 district · 24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 520 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2024 · most notably Wilson v. Seiter (1991), Barnett v. Centoni (1994)
284 federal appellate · 37 district · 24 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Estelle v. Gamble · Morrissey v. Brewer · Wolff v. McDonnell
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 520 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Injunctive relief against a state agency or official must be no broader than necessary to remedy the constitutional violation.”
16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[l]egal research often requires browsing through various materials in search of inspiration; tentative theories may have to be abandoned in the course of research in the face of unfamiliar adverse precedent. New theories may occur as a result of a chance discovery of an obscure or forgotten case. Certainly a prisoner, unversed in the law and the methods of legal research, will need more time or more assistance than the trained lawyer exploring his case. It is unrealistic to expect a prisoner to know in advance exactly what materials he needs to consult.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“scrutiniz[ing] the injunction closely to make sure that the remedy protects the plaintiffs' constitutional rights and does not require more of state officials than is necessary to assure their compliance with the constitution.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.