Whitney v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
882 F.2d 1068 · 1989
Citation profile
73 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 123 later decisions — most recently February 2020 · most notably Ruth Ann Williams, Personal Representative of the Estate of Anthony Wade, Deceased v. T.N. Mehra Dr. Cabrera Dr. Rodriguez, John Jabe, Warden Gerald Hofbauer, Deputy Warden John Fisher, Security Guard Jane Doe, Nurse (1999), United States v. Levy (1990)
73 federal appellate · 1 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. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Turner v. Safley · Procunier v. Martinez · O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz · Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc. · First National Bank v. United States
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 123 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Passover is an especially critical and very special time in the Jewish religion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“marks the exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt.” Id. at 1074 . Although a Seder includes a meal and a religious service,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“based upon the application of legal principles to subsidiary facts is also subject to de novo review upon appeal.”
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.