Wright v. McClain’s Empirical Analysis
835 F.2d 143 · 1987
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 13 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably Trailer Marine Transport Corp. v. Rivera Vazquez (1992), San Juan Cellular Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission of Puerto Rico (1992)
21 federal appellate · 13 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 28 U.S.C. § 1341
Relies on Nantahala Power & Light Co. v. Thornburg · Addington v. Texas · Robinson Protective Alarm Company v. City of Philadelphia P · Tramel v. Schrader
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although the levies imposed under the statute are earmarked for the Corrections Department budget and not the general fund, they are no less for revenue raising purposes as distinguished from license or privilege fees, or punitive assessments. The purposes of the charges are to defray the cost to the general public of monitoring and supervising the behavior of convicted offenders and to compensate, in some measure, victims of criminal misconduct. Those purposes relate directly to the general welfare of the citizens of Tennessee and the assessments to fund them are no less general revenue raising levies simply because they are dedicated to a particular aspect of the commonwealth.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he district courts shall not enjoin, suspend or restrain the assessment, levy or collection of any tax under State law where a plain, speedy and efficient remedy may be had in the courts of such State.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he label given an assessment by state law is not dispositive of whether the assessment is a 'tax under state law.' Rather, the definition of the term 'tax' is a question of federal law[.]”
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.