Love v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Joshua Deshaney, a Minor, by His Guardian Ad Litem, and Melody Deshaney,s v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, et al. · Aronson v. Brown · St. Ledger v. Kentucky Revenue Cabinet · Turnes v. Bank Na · 555 So. 2d 81 - Phillips v. Thomas
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.
“[B]ecause supervisory and training functions require constant decision-making, they are, for the most part, discretionary.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[JC]DHR officials have an affirmative duty to conduct [a thorough] investigation”
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.