Rivera v. Washington’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 61 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Mitchell v. Forsyth · Cameron v. Lang · Patterson v. State · 256 Ga. App. 668 - Department of Transportation v. Dupree · Scroggins v. Edmondson
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the trial court may hear evidence and make relevant factual findings to decide the threshold issue.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[w]here the trial judge ... certifies within ten days of entry thereof that the order, decision, or judgment is of such importance to the case that immediate review should be had.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Duke v. State“the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals may thereupon, in their respective discretions, permit an appeal to be taken from the order, decision or judgment ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Duke v. State
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.