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← 165 WASHAPP 152 - Downey v. Pierce County

Downey v. Pierce County’s Empirical Analysis

2011

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
August 2018
most recently cited

6 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · Griffin v. People of the State of Illinois · Boddie v. Connecticut

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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “(1) [P]et owners' interests in keeping their pets, which is arguably more than a mere economic interest because pets are not fungible; (2) economic interests in not having to pay additional annual registration and inspection fees or acquire significant liability insurance in order to retain his or her property; and (3) potentially being subject to criminal liability for later violations of [Pierce] County's dangerous animal restrictions.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “there is no constitutional due process right to appeal civil cases involving”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “`at a meaningful time and in a meaningful manner.'”
    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.