Wiley v. Lloyd’s Empirical Analysis

1985

Citation profile

cited by 32 later decisions

states following

September 1999

most recently cited

32 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Upson v. State · Horton v. Meskill · RI HOSPITAL TRUST NAT. BANK v. Boiteau · Sentner v. Board of Trustees of Regional Community Colleges · State v. Lenihan

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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“The doctrine of sovereign immunity involves the jurisdiction of the court over the subject matter of the action.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Nutmeg Piping Supply v. State, No. 09 87 87 (Mar. 25, 1992) · Caltabiano v. Conn. Dept. of Transp., No. Cv96 33 47 34 S (Oct. 24, 1996)
“[A] motion to dismiss the complaint is, pursuant to Practice Book 143(1), the appropriate procedural vehicle by which to raise a claim that sovereign immunity bars an action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. Taylor Fenn Co. v. Frankel, No. 92-512283 (Nov. 5, 1992)

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.