237 F. Supp. 900 - Whaley v. Cavanagh’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization · Schneider v. State · Douglas v. City of Jeannette · Bailey v. Patterson · Michael Cohen v. Russell K. Norris
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To redress the deprivation, under color of any State law, statute, ordinance, regulation, custom or usage, of any right, privilege or immunity secured by the Constitution of the United States or by any Act of Congress providing for equal rights of citizens or of all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McCall v. Shapiro“To recover damages or to secure equitable or other relief under any Act of Congress providing for the protection of civil rights, including the right to vote. [Emphasis added.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McCall v. Shapiro
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.