Lashley v. Wakefield’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A. · Dougherty v. Town of North Hempstead Board of Zoning Appeals · Dawes v. Walker · Davis v. Goord · Gill v. Pidlypchak
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In other words, in the context of prisoner retaliation suits, a prisoner need not demonstrate 'actual chill.' The issue is whether defendants engaged in retaliatory conduct that would 'deter a similarly situated individual of ordinary firmness from exercising his constitutional rights.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Barnes v. Harling
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.