Moccio v. New York State Office of Court Administration’s Empirical Analysis
95 F.3d 195 · 1996
Citation profile
46 federal appellate · 14 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 217 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2025 · most notably Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (2005), Hoblock v. Albany County Board of Elections (2005)
46 federal appellate · 14 district ·
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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman · Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co. · Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. Doe · Pennzoil Company v. Texaco Inc · Nantahala Power & Light Co. v. Thornburg
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 217 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the Supreme Court’s use of “inextricably intertwined” means, at a minimum, that where a federal plaintiff had an opportunity to litigate a claim in a state proceeding (as either the plaintiff or defendant in that proceeding), subsequent litigation of the claim will be barred under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine if it would be barred under the principles of preclusion.”
19 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“(1) the issue in question was actually and necessarily decided in a prior proceeding, and (2) the party against whom the doctrine is asserted had a full and fair opportunity to litigate the issue in the first proceeding.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“can occur only by way of a certiorari petition to the Supreme Court”
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.