Scott v. Gardner’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Sandin v. Conner · Agostini v. Felton Chancellor Board of Education of the City of New York · V. C O Churner · Correction Officer Porters v. Ronald Nussle · Colon v. Coughlin
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) whether the new law is “beyond any question inconsistent” with the earlier decision; (2) whether the moving party notified the court of a pending case or motion that may alter the decisional law; (3) whether “substantial” time had elapsed between the earlier decision and the pending motion; and (4) whether the equities strongly favor the moving party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Booth v. Churner , 532 U.S. 731 , 741, 121 S.Ct. 1819 , 149 L.Ed.2d 958 (2001). Moreover, the PLRA”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Colon v. Annucci
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.