Denius v. Dunlap’s Empirical Analysis
330 F.3d 919 · 2003
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently November 2021 · most notably Sigler v. American Honda Motor Co. (2008), LaBella Winnetka, Inc. v. Village of Winnetka (2010)
17 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 44 U.S.C. § 1507
Relies on Malley v. Briggs · Green v. Warden · United States v. Balistrieri · Denius v. Dunlap · Bruso v. United Airlines, Inc.
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“But when the injured party’s own testimony is the only proof of emotional damages, he must explain the circumstances of his injury in reasonable detail; he cannot rely on mere conclusory statements. Biggs v. Village of Dupo, 892 F.2d 1298, 1304 (7th Cir.1990). Thus, we have said that bare allegations by a plaintiff that the defendant’s conduct made him “depressed,” “humiliated,” or the like are not sufficient to establish injury unless the facts underlying the case are so inherently degrading that it would be reasonable to infer that a person would suffer emotional distress from the defendant’s action. Alston v. King, 231 F.3d 383 , 388 (7th Cir.2000); United States v. Balistrieri, 981 F.2d 916, 931-32 (7th Cir.1992).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A judicially noticed fact must be one not subject to reasonable dispute in that it is either (1) generally known within the territorial jurisdiction of the trial court or (2) capable of accurate and ready determination by resort to resources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rubenstein v. Comm'r“defined a reasonable hourly rate as one that is 'derived from the market rate for the services rendered.' [Further, the court of appeals] presume[s] that an attorney's actual billing rate for similar litigation is appropriate to use as the market rate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.