Bagby v. Beal’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Scheuer v. Rhodes · Paul v. Davis · Bishop v. Wood · Wisconsin v. Constantineau
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. the combination of an injury to a reputation and governmental action limiting a person’s prior rights constitutes a deprivation of protected liberty. 439 F.Supp. at 1260 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Victor v. Brickley
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.