Greear v. Loving’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
October 1984
most recently cited
5 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Landman v. Royster
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to disable a man physically who poses no present physical threat”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. No. 82-6552“in such a situation is generally disapproved.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. No. 82-6552
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.