Durrett v. Housing Authority of the City of Providence’s Empirical Analysis
896 F.2d 600 · 1990
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 10 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably United States v. Cannons Engineering Corp. (1990), United States v. Akzo Coatings of America, Inc. (1991)
20 federal appellate · 10 district · 4 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. § 1292 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 3604 (§ 804 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968)) · 42 U.S.C. § 3610 (§ 810 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968)) · 42 U.S.C. § 3613 (§ 813 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968))
Relies on Carson v. American Brands, Inc. · Local Number 93, International Ass'n of Firefighters v. City of Cleveland · West Virginia v. Chas. Pfizer & Co. · United States v. City of Miami · Donovan v. Robbins
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] court must assure itself that the parties have validly consented; that reasonable notice has been given possible objectors; that the settlement is fair, adequate, and reasonable; that the proposed decree will not violate the Constitution, a statute, or other authority; that it is consistent with the objectives of [the legislature]; and, if third parties will be affected, that it will not be unreasonable or legally impermissible as to them.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the court is not barred from entering a consent decree merely because it might lack authority under [the governing statute] to do so after a trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“clear policy in favor of encouraging settlements,”
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.