Davis v. Pak’s Empirical Analysis
856 F.2d 648 · 1988
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently November 2017 · most notably Dixon v. Coburg Dairy, Inc. (2004), Michael Lovern Sr v. Mark a Edwards (1999)
9 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · Bell v. Hood · Hagans v. Lavine · Patterson v. United States · Detweiler v. Commonwealth of Virginia
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[F]ederal courts are without power to entertain claims otherwise within their jurisdiction if they are so attenuated and unsubstantial as to be absolutely devoid of merit, wholly insubstantial, obviously frivolous, plainly unsubstantial, or no longer open to discussion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[cjlaims are constitutionally insubstantial only if the prior decisions inescapably render the claims frivolous; previous decisions that merely render claims of doubtful or questionable merit do not render them insubstantial.... a claim is insubstantial only if “its unsoundness so clearly results from the previous decisions of this court as to foreclose the subject and leave no room for the inference that the question sought to be raised can be the subject of controversy.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]t is axiomatic that the federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. The importance of this principle is difficult to overemphasize in our federal system. This Court has repeatedly upheld the integrity of this concept and has recognized that “the burden is on the party asserting the jurisdiction of the court to show that jurisdiction does, in fact, exist.” Furthermore, it is always incumbent upon a federal court to evaluate its jurisdiction sua sponte, to ensure that it does not decide controversies beyond its authority. Consequently, the fact that neither the parties nor the district court questioned the district court’s subject matter jurisdiction does not preclude our jurisdictional examination here.”
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.