Harris v. Kuba’s Empirical Analysis
486 F.3d 1010 · 2007
Citation profile
12 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently November 2022 · most notably Roe v. Elyea (2011), Carvajal v. Dominguez (2008)
12 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Heck v. Humphrey · Daniels v. Williams · Grupo Mexicano Desarrollos v. Alliance Bond Fund Inc · Memphis Community School District v. Stachura
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“obligation extends to police officers, insofar as they must turn over potentially exculpatory evidence when they turn over investigative files to the prosecution.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States ... to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws.” 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (emphasis added). As explained by the Seventh Circuit, “[t]his provision must be read against the background of tort liability,” and”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.