Thiokol Corporation v. Department Of Treasury’s Empirical Analysis
987 F.2d 376 · 1993
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 135 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably Cox v. Kentucky Department of Transportation (1995), Browning v. Levy (2002)
33 federal appellate · 1 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
Relies on Foman v. Davis · Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · Franchise Tax Board of the State of California v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern California
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 135 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“bars all suits, whether for injunctive, declaratory, or monetary relief, against the state and its departments by citizens of another state, foreigners, or its own citizens.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) A civil action may be brought — ... (3) by a participant, beneficiary, or fiduciary (A) to enjoin any act or practice which violates any provision of this sub-chapter or the terms of the plan, or (B) to obtain other appropriate equitable relief (i) to redress such violations or (ii) to enforce any provisions of this subchapter or the terms of the plan[.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens of Subjects of any Foreign State.”
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.