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← 53 CONNAPP 855 - D'Amico v. Johnson

D'Amico v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

1999

Citation profile

62
cited by 62 later decisions
1
states following
July 2002
most recently cited

62 state decisions

Relationships

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

Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Mathews v. Eldridge · Parratt v. Taylor · Schmerber v. State of California · Rochin v. People of California

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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “construe the complaint in the manner most favorable to sustaining its legal sufficiency.”
    23 later decisions quote this exact passage
    e.g. Sheridan v. Precious, No. Cv000179241 (Jun. 6, 2001) · Holt v. Levine, No. Cv-00-0092320 (Jan. 12, 2001)
  2. “[I]n any § 1983 action the initial inquiry must focus on whether the two essential elements to a § 1983 action are present: (1) whether the conduct complained of was committed by a person acting under color of state law; and (2) whether this conduct deprived a person of rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
    e.g. Farahani v. University of Connecticut, No. Cv 01-0809033 S (Jul. 9, 2002) · 2001 Conn. Super. Ct. 3851 - Ward v. Greene, No. X04cv99-0120118s (Mar. 21, 2001)
  3. “Moreover. [w]hat is necessarily implied [in an allegation] need not be expressly alleged.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. 2001 Conn. Super. Ct. 449 - Carameta v. Allstate Insurance Co., No. Cv00 06 99 43 (Jan. 8, 2001)

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.