Adams v. Quattlebaum’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
5 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Foman v. Davis · Firestone v. K Firestone · Caribbean Broadcasting System, Ltd. v. Cable & Wireless PLC · Moore v. Agency for International Development · Washer v. Bullitt County
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The amended complaint is now the operative complaint due to its superseding nature.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The grant or denial of leave lies in the sound discretion of the district court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.