262 F. Supp. 2d 153 - Mitchell v. Hartnett’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Allen v. McCurry · Kramer v. Time Warner Inc. · Mills v. Polar Molecular Corp. · Patel v. Contemporary Classics of Beverly Hills
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the same issue, the lawfulness of [his] arrest, was the subject of the suppression hearing and underlies this § 1983 action”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ficklin v. Rusinko
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.