215 F. App'x 163 - Mitchell v. Gieda’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
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 West v. Atkins · Screws v. United States · Menchaca v. Chrysler Credit Corp. · Pitchell v. Callan · Howerton v. Gabica
Most-quoted passages
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“accompanied by affirmative intervention, aid, intimidation, or other use of power which converts him from a neutral third party to, in effect, an assistant of the repossessing party.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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