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← 495 P3D 482 - EGGLESTON VS. STUART

EGGLESTON VS. STUART’s Empirical Analysis

2021

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
June 2025
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1985

Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Monroe v. Pape · Troxel v. Granville · Meyer v. State of Nebraska · Zinermon v. Burch

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.

  1. “A decision to dismiss a complaint under NRCP 12(b)(5) is rigorously reviewed on appeal with all alleged facts in the complaint presumed true and all inferences drawn in favor of the complainant.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “that Clark County and Stuart arbitrarily and capriciously . . . forced him under duress to sign temporary guardianship papers leading to the unwarranted removal of his children from his care.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “Taking Eggleston's allegations as true, as we must in the context of a motion to dismiss, the state's actions 'shock the conscience .. . .”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.