Thorstenn v. Barnard’s Empirical Analysis
883 F.2d 217 · 1989
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently March 2017
9 federal appellate · 3 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 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000A · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 48 U.S.C. § 1561 · 48 U.S.C. § 1612
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper · Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. · Maher v. Gagne · Hanrahan v. Hampton
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Since plaintiffs asserted a violation of a federal statute, viz., the Organic Act, the claims if brought ... would have been cognizable under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 . Subject matter jurisdiction in the district court for the Virgin Islands, therefore, existed pursuant to Section 22 of the Revised Organic Act of 1954 ... ”). Second, the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution applies to citizens of the Virgin Islands. In relevant part, the Revised Organic Act provides:”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to grant the relief to which the party in whose favor it is rendered is entitled, even if the party has not demanded such relief in the party's pleadings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cabrera v. Martin“imposed no additional burden on plaintiffs in the litigation”
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.