Washington v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis
46 F.3d 39 · 1995
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Mitchell v. Forsyth · Hunter v. Bryant · Assets of Martin T/a Nwr 93-1189 93-1201 · Krueger v. Fuhr · Jones v. Coonce
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The issue must at the very least be mentioned by the district court, and preferably reasons affirming or denying qualified immunity should be articulated before this Court has jurisdiction to engage in meaningful review.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[i]n the absence of some reference from the district court on the issue [of qualified immunity], we lack jurisdiction and must remand for further proceedings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Robinson v. Mericle
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.