Spikes v. Reeves’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
Relationships
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination Unit · Gerald Burge v. St Tammany Parish of et al. · Castellano v. Fragozo
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“based on Louisiana law, ... a parish district attorney is not entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity”
1 later decision 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.