Asbury v. Brougham’s Empirical Analysis
866 F.2d 1276 · 1989
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 12 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently November 2016 · most notably Casa Marie, Inc. v. Superior Court of Puerto Rico for the District of Arecibo (1993), Ronald Alexander (2000)
17 federal appellate · 12 district · 1 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 42 U.S.C. § 1982 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 42 U.S.C. § 3601 (§ 801 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968)) · 42 U.S.C. § 3604 (§ 804 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968)) · 42 U.S.C. § 3612 (§ 812 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968))
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters · Smith v. Wade · Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'when the defendant's conduct is shown to be motivated by evil motive or intent, or when it involves reckless or callous indifference to the federally protected rights of others.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pumphrey · Jonathan E. Pumphrey Clay Keith Baltimore Neighborhoods, Incorporated v. Stephen Homes, Incorporated Sheila Ort, United States of America, Amicus Curiae. Jonathan E. Pumphrey Clay Keith Baltimore Neighborhoods, Incorporated v. Stephen Homes, Incorporated Sheila Ort, United States of America, Amicus Curiae. Jonathan E. Pumphrey, and Clay Keith Baltimore Neighborhoods, Incorporated v. Stephen Homes, Incorporated Sheila Ort
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.