West v. Carson’s Empirical Analysis
49 F.3d 433 · 1995
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Nalle v. Oyster · Vanskike v. Union Pacific Railroad · Rotermund v. United States Steel Corp. · Hannah v. City of Overland · Neff v. World Publishing 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“during interrogation plaintiff requested assistance of counsel and [the defendants] denied plaintiff's request....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. West v. Carson“made statements which compelled the plaintiff to write an involuntary confession to a criminal offense....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. West v. Carson“It is true that evidence tending to prove West's innocence is, strictly speaking,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. West v. Carson
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.