Smith v. Yarrow’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Hernandez v. New York · United States v. Johnson · United States v. Bartholomew · Lepard v. NBD Bank
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Without a transcript, this court cannot verify that [the appellant] made a proper objection ... or examine the explanation, if any, the district may have provided for its decision on the record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.