Hansen v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Nevada v. Hall · Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt et al. · 129 Ill. 2d 372 - Schoeberlein v. Purdue University · Iglehart v. Iglehart · Hansen v. Scott
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“foster cooperation, promote harmony, and build good will”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.