Ancheta v. Watada’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Johnson v. Zerbst · New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Buckley v. Valeo
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`misrepresents, distorts, or otherwise falsifies the facts regarding [a] candidate'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`refrain from the use of personal vilification, character defamation, or any other form of scurrilous personal attacks on any candidate or his family'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]ithout such a rule, speakers would be chilled in criticizing or otherwise commenting on matters of their own governance.”
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.