Morley v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
175 F.3d 756 · 1999
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 92 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably Sprewell v. Golden State Warriors (2001), Williamson v. General Dynamics Corp. (2000)
38 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 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 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Malley v. Briggs · Imbler v. Pachtman · Burns v. Reed
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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Under S 1983, any person may bring a claim against a government official who acts under color of state law to deprive that person of constitutional rights.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[o]n summary judgment, those allegations must be supported”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Miller v. Gammie · Miller v. Gammie“the facts are genuinely in dispute, there must be a trial”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Miller v. Gammie · Miller v. Gammie
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.