Harris v. Harvey’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Paul v. Davis · Imbler v. Pachtman · Pierson v. Ray · Charles Earl Jacobson v. Nick F. Schaefer
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“maliciously made racial remarks which were intended to reflect upon associates, friends and attorneys of Harris in an effort to have them disassociate themselves from Plaintiff Harris.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Harris v. Harvey“under color of law and beyond his jurisdiction”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Harris v. Harvey
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.