Burda Bros. v. Walsh’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Franks v. Delaware · Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · Malley v. Briggs · Allen v. McCurry · Duncan v. Walker
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is clear that in Hill, as in Yancey (which is cited in Hill ), the issue is one for the jury only when the evidence creates a genuine issue of material fact for trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Vakilian v. Shaw
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.