Miller v. Silbermann’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Restor-A-Dent Dental Laboratories, Inc. v. Certified Alloy Products, Inc. · Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. · Farmland Dairies v. Commissioner of the New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets · Securities & Exchange Commission v. Everest Management Corp. · Chicago Board of Realtors, Inc. v. City of Chicago
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(2) when the applicant claims an interest relating to the property or transaction which is the subject of the action and the transaction which is the subject of the action and the applicant is so situated that the disposition of the action may as a practical matter impair or impede the applicant's ability to protect that interest, unless the applicant’s interest is adequately represented by existing parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“hald] defended this action for over three years, and the [iJnterve-nors hald] made no showing that defense counsel ha[d] handled this case poorly or that [the party] hald] somehow 'sold the [in-tervenors] out' as part of their defense”
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.