Baker v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bell v. Wolfish · Meyer v. Walls · Trustees of Rowan Technical College v. J. Hyatt Hammond Associates Inc. · Isenhour v. Hutto · 110 N.C. App. 707 - Messick v. Catawba County, NC
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] position is considered 'created by statute' when 'the officer's position ha[s] a clear statutory basis or the officer ha[s] been delegated a statutory duty by a person or organization created by statute ' or the Constitution.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“appoint a deputy or employ others to assist him in performing his official duties .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“-plural-to help perform his official duties, including his duty to take”
2 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.