Magnett v. Pelletier’s Empirical Analysis
488 F.2d 33 · 1973
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 5 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2008 · most notably Carey v. Piphus (1978), Romano v. U-Haul International (2000)
38 federal appellate · 5 district · 7 state decisions
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 Basista v. Weir · Michael Arthur Donovan v. Earl Reinbold and Harley Askew, Michael Arthur Donovan v. Earl Reinbold and Harley Askew · Richardson v. Communications Workers of America · Smith v. Sol D. Adler Realty Co. · Richardson v. J. Leo Kolb Co.
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in a civil rights action a plaintiff who proves only an intangible loss of civil rights or purely mental suffering may . . . be awarded substantial compensatory damages.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[s]ince it is conceivable that the court misspoke itself, fairness dictates a remand for further findings or articulation....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Five hundred dollars charged against an individual police officer is no mere token.”
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.