Delew v. Wagner’s Empirical Analysis
143 F.3d 1219 · 1998
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2023 · most notably Christopher Former Secretary of State et al. v. Harbury (2002), Jennifer K. Harbury, v. John M. Deutch, et al. (2000)
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1441 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Chambers v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · Gibson v. City of Chicago · Harker v. United States · Stone v. Travelers Corp.
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the defendants' cover-up violated [the plaintiffs'] right of access to the courts by rendering 'any available state court remedy ineffective,'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“because the [plaintiffs'] wrongful death action remains pending in state court, it is impossible to determine”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“); Swekel v. City of River Rouge, 119 F.3d 1259 , 1262 (6th Cir. 1997) (”
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.