172 F. Supp. 2d 458 - Davidson v. Scully’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Haines v. Kerner · McNeil v. United States · Shrader v. CSX Transportation, Inc. · Chance v. Armstrong
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.
“A motion for reconsideration may not be used to advance new facts, issues or arguments not previously presented to the Court, nor may it be used as a vehicle for relitigating issues already decided by the Court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“These criteria are strictly construed against the moving party so as to avoid repetitive arguments on issues that have been considered fully by the court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[R]econsideration will generally be denied unless the moving party can point to controlling decisions or data that the court overlooked ....”
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.