Sykes v. James’s Empirical Analysis
13 F.3d 515 · 1993
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 18 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 226 later decisions — most recently January 2021 · most notably Chance v. Armstrong (1998), Thomas v. Roach (1999)
25 federal appellate · 18 district · 3 state decisions
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 Conley v. Gibson · Parratt v. Taylor · Malley v. Briggs · Daniels v. Williams · Allen v. McCurry
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 226 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Of Special Services, Sccc Ammerman Campus Karen Pepe, in Her Official Capacity as Sccc Section 504 Special Needs Counselor, Office of Special Services, Sccc Eastern Campus Judith Bressalier-Kodin, in Her Official Capacity as Sccc Coordinator for Disabled Services, Sccc, Eastern Campus Dr. Lawrence Proper, in His Official Capacity as Head, Department of Psychology, Sociology & Anthropology Joanne Braxton, in Her Official Capacity as Dean of Students, Eastern Campus Dr. Eilane Friedman, in Her Official Capacity as Director of Grants, Sccc, Ammerman Campus Dr. John L. Cooper, President, Sccc, Ammerman Campus Norman F. Lechtrecker or His Successor in Office, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Sccc Board of Trustees Sccc Board of Trustees Meryl Rogers, in Her Official Capacity as Assistant Dean of Students and Sccc Disciplinary Hearing Officer Suffolk County Community College Robert Bull, in His Official Capacity as Member Sccc Disciplinary Committee Russel Gussack, in His Official Capacity as Member, Sccc Disciplinary Committee Arthur Kleinfelder, in His Official Capacity as Member Sccc Disciplinary Committee Patricia Yarbourough, in Her Official Capacity as Provost, Sccc Ammerman Campus County of Suffolk · In Re Bayou Group, LLC“[s]ection 1983 itself creates no substantive rights; it provides only a procedure for redress for the deprivation of rights established elsewhere.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“provides a civil claim for damages against any person who, acting under color of state law, deprives another of a right, privilege or immunity secured by the Constitution or the laws of the United States.”
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.