Dean v. Gladney’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Ingraham v. Wright · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Moor v. County of Alameda · Whirl v. Kern
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.
“all officers who participate in an illegal arrest and detention are jointly and severally liable as joint tort feasors if they participated in any of the actions in connection with the illegal arrest and detention.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dean v. Gladney“Bivens establishes a cause of action against an individual federal officer if the federal officer violated the plaintiff's constitutional rights and such violation is a proximate cause of damages.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dean v. Gladney“As stated previously, both attorneys asserted that they took this case without expectation of remuneration. Accordingly, the factor of whether the fee is contingent or fixed is not applicable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dean v. Gladney
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.