Lewis v. Washington’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1997D · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Farmer v. Brennan · Edelman v. Jordan · Sandin v. Conner · Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination Unit · Rhodes v. Chapman
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[o]therwise the defendants could obstruct legal remedies to unconstitutional actions by subdividing the grievances....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johnson v. Johnson
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.