Ramirez v. Kroonen’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · Runyon v. McCrary
Most-quoted passages
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“common law, as modified and changed by the constitution and statutes” of the forum State. A third step asserts the predominance of the federal interest: courts are to apply state law only if it is not”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.