Smith v. Danielczyk’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 4 district · 33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably D'AOUST v. Diamond (2012), Prince George's County v. Longtin (2011)
2 federal appellate · 4 district · 33 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))
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Franks v. Delaware · Malley v. Briggs · Imbler v. Pachtman · Burns v. Reed
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“appellees made certain factual averments in the memorandum they filed in support of their motion and attached as exhibits ... copies of [certain documents].” Id. And, in responding to appellees motion to dismiss, appellants”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[P]olice officers, from patrol officers to chiefs, are regarded for New York Times purposes as public officials.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Nero v. Mosby“required or permitted in the performance of [a public official's] official duties”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Nero v. Mosby
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.