Wallace v. Tilley’s Empirical Analysis
41 F.3d 296 · 1994
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently August 2019 · most notably Woods v. City of Chicago (2000), Strasburger v. Board of Education (1998)
26 federal appellate · 1 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 Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Mathews v. Eldridge · Morrissey v. Brewer
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“denial of state procedures in and of itself does not create inadequate process under the federal constitution”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As we tirelessly but unavailingly remind counsel in this court, a violation of state law ... is not a denial of due process, even if the state confers a procedural right. ... The standard of due process is federal.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Should it appear from the affidavits of a party opposing the motion that the party cannot for reasons stated present by affidavit facts essential to justify the party's opposition, the court ... may order a continuance to permit affidavits to be obtained or depositions to be taken or discovery to be had or may make such other order as is just.”
2 later decisions 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.