Patterson v. Burge’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
October 2019
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Parratt v. Taylor · Heck v. Humphrey · Paul v. Davis
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Defendant Cook County, though not an employer of any individual defendant for purposes of respondeat superior liability ... nevertheless may be required to pay judgments entered against county officials in their official capacities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.