Doe v. Wigginton’s Empirical Analysis
21 F.3d 733 · 1994
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 95 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2024 · most notably Lawrence v. Texas (2003), Bloch v. Ribar (1998)
27 federal appellate · 6 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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Edelman v. Jordan · Parratt v. Taylor · Kentucky v. Graham
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 95 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“only seek 'compliance in the future,' they are claims for prospective relief. They accordingly are not deemed to be against [the State], and hence are not barred by the Eleventh Amendment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nelson v. Miller · Nelson v. Miller“Whether a suit against State officials in their official capacity is deemed to be against the State depends on whether the plaintiff seeks 'retroactive' or 'prospective' relief.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nelson v. Miller · Nelson v. Miller“official capacity claim ... is deemed to be against the State whose officers are the nominal defendants, [and] the claim is barred by the Eleventh Amendment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nelson v. Miller · Nelson v. Miller
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.