114 F. Supp. 2d 437 - Little v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Graham v. Connor
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In North Carolina, the Office of Sheriff is a legal entity, established by the state constitution and state statutes ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Oliver v. Baity“the duly elected Sheriff of Forsyth County, North Carolina,” having”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Oliver v. Baity
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.