Shaw v. Briscoe’s Empirical Analysis
541 F.2d 489 · 1976
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Haines v. Kerner · Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Brown v. Lundgren
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rubin v. L O'Koren
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.