Scheriff v. Beck’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 7 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2023 · most notably Marek v. Chesny (1985), Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. August (1981)
10 federal appellate · 7 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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond · Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. · Runyon v. McCrary · F. D. Rich Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Industrial Lumber Co.
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““At any time more than 10 days before the trial begins, a party defending against a claim may serve upon the adverse party an offer to allow judgment to be taken against him for the money or property or to the effect specified in his offer with costs then accrued If within 10 days after the service of the offer the adverse party serves written notice that the offer is accepted, either party may then file the offer and notice of acceptance together with proof of service thereof and thereupon the clerk shall enter judgment. An offer not accepted shall be deemed withdrawn and evidence thereof is not admissible except in a proceeding to determine costs. If the judgment finally obtained by the offeree is not more favorable than the offer, the offeree must pay the costs incurred after making the offer. The fact that an offer is made but not accepted does not preclude a subsequent offer. When the liability of one party to another has been determined by further proceedings, the party adjudged liable may make an offer of judgment, which shall have the same effect as an offer made before trial if it is served within a reasonable time not less than 10 days prior to the commencement of hearings to determine the amount or extent of liability.” (Emphasis supplied.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Rule 68 requires that an offer of judgment include payment of costs then accrued. In civil rights actions attorney’s fees can constitute part of the costs. Rule 68 does not permit an offeror to choose which accrued costs he is willing to pay.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“was precipitated by an irrational, deliberate scheme to involve (defendant) in some type of litigation.”
1 later decision 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.