Sengupta v. Wickwire’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
13 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Brandon v. Corrections Corp. of America · Lee Houston & Associates, Ltd. v. Racine · Alderman v. Iditarod Properties, Inc. · Sengupta v. University of Alaska · Greater Area Inc. v. Bookman
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the plaintiff has information sufficient to alert a reasonable person to the fact that he has a potential cause of action”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Jones v. Westbrook“to use such skill, prudence, and diligence as other members of the profession commonly possess and exercise,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Jones v. Westbrook“upon all of the surrounding cireumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.