Grinter v. Knight’s Empirical Analysis
532 F.3d 567 · 2008
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 28 U.S.C. § 1915A · 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. § 1997E
Relies on Haines v. Kerner · Wolff v. McDonnell · Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · Sandin v. Conner · Olim v. Wakinekona
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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] suit against a state official in his or her official capacity is not a suit against the official but rather is a suit against the official's office.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution generally bars suits brought in federal court against a state and its agencies”
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.