Lewis v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis
308 F.3d 768 · 2002
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 25 U.S.C. § 1901 (§ 2 of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Farmer v. Brennan · Daniels v. Williams · District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman · Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hile [it] may raise a red flag, it does not immediately become a `suspicion' of child abuse.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“the fundamental and appropriate question to ask is whether the injury alleged by the federal plaintiff resulted from the state court judgment itself or is distinct from that judgment. If the injury alleged resulted from the state court judgment itself, Rooker-Feldman directs that the lower federal courts lack jurisdiction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“In order to survive summary judgment [on a § 1983 claim], the plaintiffs needed to put forth a case that the [state's department of health and social services] defendants actually knew of or suspected the existence of child abuse in the prospective adoptive family.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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