Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis
921 F.2d 1237 · 1991
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 70 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2024 · most notably Hibbs Director Arizona Department of Revenue v. Winn et al. (2004), Lowery v. Alabama Power Co. (2007)
18 federal appellate · 2 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. § 1341 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Mahan & Rowsey, Inc. v. Oklahoma Natural Gas · Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Huffman · Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County · Fair Assessment in Real Estate Assn., Inc. v. McNary · Bourjaily 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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a plaintiff must have ample opportunity to present evidence bearing on the existence of jurisdiction.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“shall not enjoin, suspend or restrain the assessment, levy or collection of any tax under state law where a plain, speedy and efficient remedy may be had in the courts of such state.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“at which she may raise any and all constitutional objections to the tax.'”
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.