Burnett v. Sharma’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
16 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1985 · 42 U.S.C. § 1986 · 42 U.S.C. § 3601 (§ 801 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968))
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Scheuer v. Rhodes · Foman v. Davis · City of Canton v. Harris
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The complaint nowhere alleges, however, that Dant was subject to malicious prosecution and abuse of process pursuant to an established [District] policy or practice. The complaint thus fails to allege a necessary element of a section 1983 violation, namely, that there be a deprivation of rights “under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any State.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“All persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Respondeat superior or vicarious liability will not attach under § 1983, and therefore[,] a municipality cannot be held liable solely because it employs a tortfeasor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jiggetts v. Cipullo
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.