Webber v. Mefford’s Empirical Analysis
43 F.3d 1340 · 1994
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 15 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 75 later decisions — most recently April 2024 · most notably Romero v. Fay (1995), Dodds v. Richardson (2010)
32 federal appellate · 15 district · 5 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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 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 · Estelle v. Gamble · Graham v. Connor · Daniels v. Williams
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 75 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] claim of inadequate training, supervision, and [pursuit] policies under 1983 cannot be made out against a supervisory authority absent a finding of a constitutional violation by the person supervised,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and ... the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]n act is reckless when it reflects a wanton or obdurate disregard or complete indifference to risk, for example 'when the actor does not care whether the other person lives or dies, despite knowing that there is a significant risk of death' or grievous bodily injury.”
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.