Williford v. People’s Empirical Analysis
352 F.2d 474 · 1965
Citation profile
46 federal appellate · 9 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 89 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 1993 · most notably Quern v. Jordan (1979), McCalden v. California Library Ass'n (1990)
46 federal appellate · 9 district · 4 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
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Monroe v. Pape · Land US v. Dollar · Helvering v. Gowran · Cooper v. Pate
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 89 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““. . . a municipal corporation is but a political subdivision of a state, and if a state’s political subdivisions are not ‘persons’ under the statute, then neither is the state . . . .” (cites omitted.) 352 F.2d at 476 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The basis of liability * * * is the alleged systematic harassment of plaintiffs in the exercise of what is termed the “Islamic” religion, embraced by * * * [the plaintiff as a Black Muslim]. Williford's amended complaint * * sets forth the following factual allegations: defendants formed a conspiracy under color of state law, to oppose and obstruct the lawful execution and administration of plaintiff’s right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience. As a result of this restraint and conspiracy, plaintiff is confined to a segregated unit of the prison, with the loss of credits and good time and is the victim of insults, racial prejudice and other punishments. No other inmates are given solitary confinement for praying to God, or subject to punishment for the practice of their religious beliefs. ( 352 F.2d at 475 .)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In Monroe v. Pape, 365 U.S. 167 (1961), at 187-192, 81 S.Ct. 473, 5 L.Ed.2d 492, it was held that a municipal corporation was not a”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.