Dotzel v. Ashbridge’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on County of Sacramento v. Lewis · Roberts v. United States Jaycees · Morse v. Lower Merion School District · Creative Environments, Inc. v. Estabrook · United Artists Theatre Circuit, Inc. v. Township of Warrington
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.
“[t]o 'shock the conscience,' the alleged misconduct must involve 'more than just disagreement about conventional zoning or planning rules' and rise to the level of self-dealing, an unconstitutional 'taking,' or interference with otherwise constitutionally protected activity on the property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Drummond v. Township
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.