Hamilton v. Arnold’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Dennis v. Sparks · Mesnick v. General Electric Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“The problem for the plaintiff is not the propriety of the acts they cite, but, rather, whether they show agreement. Was there a single plan the essential nature and general scope of which [was] known to each person who is to be held responsible for its consequences? At the least, did the parties decide to act ‘interdependently,’ each actor deciding to act only because he was aware that the other would act similarly?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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