Duncan v. Wells’s Empirical Analysis
23 F.3d 1322 · 1994
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Smith v. Wade · Green v. Bock Laundry MacHine Co. · Farmer v. Seiter · Jones v. Board of Police Commissioners · Walters v. Grossheim
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“clear and prejudicial abuse of discretion”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Marks v. Medendorf
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.