Richardson v. McClung’s Empirical Analysis
559 F.2d 395 · 1977
Citation profile
19 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently November 1991
19 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Starnes v. Penrod Drilling Co. · Gregg v. Georgia · Delancey v. Motichek Towing Service, Inc. · International Air Industries, Inc. v. American Excelsior Co.
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.
“While Fed.R.Evid. 401 defines 'relevant evidence' quite broadly, the Fifth Circuit rule, which we have continued under the new Federal Rules of Evidence, is that 'the trial court's rulings on relevancy and materiality of evidence will not be disturbed absent a clear showing of an abuse of discretion.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“'would make the fact that his dealings with the Fraternal Order of Police were the cause of his discharge more likely than his alleged mistreatment of a prisoner.'”
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.