Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Public Service Commission of Puerto Rico’s Empirical Analysis
906 F.2d 25 · 1990
Citation profile
86 federal appellate · 22 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 146 later decisions — most recently February 2024 · most notably Martinez v. Colon (1995), Washington Legal Foundation v. Massachusetts Bar Foundation (1993)
86 federal appellate · 22 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. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 2281 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 47 U.S.C. § 521 · 47 U.S.C. § 532 · 47 U.S.C. § 551
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Warth v. Seldin · Ex Parte: Edward T Young · First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co. · Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.
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 146 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“inure to the benefit of those members of the [Petitioners] actually injured,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Issues not raised before the trial court are waived on appeal ... absent unusual circumstances or plain error suggesting that a 'clear miscarriage of justice' has occurred.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An appellant waives any issue which it does not adequately raise in its initial brief.”
2 later decisions 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.