409 F. App'x 641 - Smith v. Ray’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Katz v. United States · Graham v. Connor
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any person 18 years of age or older ... who ... willfully or contributes to, encourages, or causes any act, omission, or condition which renders a child delinquent ... as defined in [Code of Virginia] § 16.1-228 ... shall be guilty of a class 1 misdemean- or.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Ray
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.