Ned S. Skinner, Captain, Etc. v. Raymond F. Spellman’s Empirical Analysis
480 F.2d 539 · 1973
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 5 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Pierson v. Ray · Landman v. Royster · Eslinger v. Thomas · Mrs. Cornelius Cuthbertson Hill v. W. A. Rowland and B. S. Treadaway · 309 F. Supp. 12 - Westberry v. Fisher
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“acting in a reasonable good faith reliance on what was standard operating procedure in the Virginia prisons, (they) should not have to respond personally for damages.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Douglas v. Muncy
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.