Redding v. St. Eward’s Empirical Analysis
241 F.3d 530 · 2001
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 113 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably Robertson v. Lucas (2014), Memphis, Tennessee Area Local, American Postal Workers Union v. City of Memphis (2004)
11 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · United States v. Diebold, Inc. · West v. Atkins · Allen v. Michigan Department of Corrections · Stengel v. Belcher
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 113 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the broader interpretation (i.e., that the Union is alleging a pattern or practice) is the proper interpretation. Accordingly, to the extent that the district court's grant of the defendants' motion to dismiss applies to the liability of Memphis for the actions of the on-duty police officers, we reverse the decision of the district court. 14 2. The Actions of the Off-Duty Police Officers 15 The United States Supreme Court has held that acting under color of state law requires that a defendant in a § 1983 action have exercised the power”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“forthwith if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“To state a claim under § 1983, a plaintiff must allege the violation of a right secured by the Constitution and laws of the United States, and must show that the alleged violation was committed by a person acting under color of state law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. B.L. v. Schuhmann
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.