Williams v. Vidor’s Empirical Analysis
17 F.3d 857 · 1994
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Wolff v. McDonnell · Meachum v. Fano · Rhodes v. Chapman · Hudson v. McMillian
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Liberty interests that are protectible under the due process clause can arise either directly from the Constitution, or indirectly from the laws of the states.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Prater v. City Of Burnside · Prater
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.