Burt v. Abel’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (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 Paul v. Davis · Carey v. Piphus · Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · Runyon v. McCrary · Robertson v. Wegmann
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Why an action for a nervous breakdown caused by the publication of a false story is non-survivable, while an action for emotional upset caused by an auto-train collision does survive, is not readily apparent from the language of § 15-5-90, which expressly provides for survivability of ‘causes of action for ... all injuries to the person ... any law to the contrary notwithstanding.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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