Langdon v. Swain’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 28 U.S.C. § 455
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Kentucky v. Graham · Pioneer Investment Services Company v. Brunswick Associates Limited Partnership · Bockweg v. Anderson · United States v. DeTemple
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.
“[T]akings actions sound in tort against governmental entities rather than individual state employees in their individual capacities.”
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.