Williams v. Gould’s Empirical Analysis
486 F.2d 547 · 1973
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Coolidge v. New Hampshire · Pierson v. Ray · Sedillo v. United States · Whirl v. Kern · Michael Cohen v. Russell K. Norris
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(g)ood faith is a defense to liability for damages in a suit under section 1983 at least if, and to the extent that, it would be a defense '(u) nder the prevailing view in this country' in common-law actions based on the parallel tort (citing Pierson v. Ray, 386 U.S. 547 , 555, 87 S.Ct. 1213, 18 L.Ed.2d 288 (1967)).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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