Bechard v. Rappold’s Empirical Analysis
287 F.3d 827 · 2002
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Tenney v. Brandhove · Bogan v. Scott-Harris · San Pedro Hotel Co. v. City of Los Angeles · Schultz v. Sundberg · Leisek v. Brightwood Corp.
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whether the act applies to a few individuals, or to the public at large”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“whether the act involves ad hoc decisionmaking, or the formulation of policy”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“whether it bears all the hallmarks of traditional legislation.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.