Denny v. Hinton’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · Hughes v. Rowe · United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Texas State Teachers Ass'n v. Garland Independent School District
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“point to no meaningful success beyond his de minimis one dollar judgment, a judgment which obviously had no effect on the relationship between plaintiff and Hinton.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. 20 Fed.r.serv.3d 934 · Melinda Lawrence, Howard Danny Denny v. R.L. Hinton, Jr., R.O. Elliott, James Woodard, and John Doe-1, John Doe-2, John Doe-3, John Doe-4, John Doe-5, John Doe-6, Aaron J. Johnson, Howard Danny Denny v. R.O. Elliott, James Woodard, and R.L. Hinton, Jr., John Doe-1, John Doe-2, John Doe-3, John Doe-4, John Doe-5, John Doe-6, Aaron J. Johnson
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.