Plyler v. Evatt’s Empirical Analysis
924 F.2d 1321 · 1991
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Procunier v. Martinez · United States v. Swift & Co. · New York State Ass'n for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Carey · Duran v. Elrod · Nelson v. Collins
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““the position urged by [the defendants] ‘would necessarily imply that the only legally enforceable obligation assumed by the state under the consent decree was that of ultimately achieving minimal constitutional ... standards____ Substantively, this would do violence to the obvious intention of the parties that the decretal obligations assumed by the state were not confined to meeting minimal constitutional requirements. Procedurally, it would make necessary, as this case illustrates, a constitutional decision every time an effort was made either to enforce or modify the decree by judicial action.’ ””
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“it is no longer equitable that the judgment should have prospective application.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the unique nature and demands of [such] litigation necessitate a more flexible approach to modification than may be appropriate with respect to consent decrees between private parties.”
4 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.