Garner v. Stephens’s Empirical Analysis
460 F.2d 1144 · 1972
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on O'Sullivan v. Felix · Wisconsin v. Illinois · Hoffman v. Halden · Russell M. Smith v. John J. Cremins, Jr., John F. Mahon, Jr. · Donald A. Swan v. Board of Higher Education of the City of New York by Gustave G. Rosenberg, Its Chairman, George A. Pierson, and Margaret v. Kiely
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“13-80-108. Actions barred in three years. (1) The following actions shall be commenced within three years next after the act complained of and not afterwards: ****** (b) All other actions of every kind for which no other period of limitation is provided for by law.”
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.