McShane v. Moldovan’s Empirical Analysis
172 F.2d 1016 · 1949
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 76 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2021 · most notably Monroe v. Pape (1961), Stefanelli v. Minard (1951)
47 federal appellate · 4 district ·
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 18 U.S.C. § 242 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 28 U.S.C. § 41
Relies on Bell v. Hood · Screws v. United States · United States v. Classic · Civil Rights Cases · Osborne v. County of Adams
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“subjected [that suspect] to fraudulent trial in a criminal case”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an' action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The wrongful act of individuals is a private wrong.” McShane v. Moldovan, supra [ 172 F.2d 1018 ].”
2 later decisions 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.