Jones v. Boykan’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
16 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1982 (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 Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Ackermann v. United States · Dwyer v. Globe Newspaper Co. · Fabre v. Walton · Herbert A. Sullivan, Inc. v. Utica Mutual Insurance
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“essentially used [Mass. R. Dom. Rel. P.] ... 60 (b) as a means of appeal when no extraordinary circumstances existed to justify relief under the rule.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“When ... a defendant is defaulted, well-pleaded facts are deemed to be admitted, but a plaintiff may recover only to the extent the complaint states a claim for relief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“almost every defense listed in Mass. R. Civ. P. 12 (b)... is waived unless raised by answer or motion and therefore may not first be raised after entry of a default.”
1 later decision 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.