William John Wirth v. R. R. Surles, Officer, State Highway Patrol’s Empirical Analysis
562 F.2d 319 · 1977
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2019 · most notably Maine v. Thiboutot (1980), Sami v. United States (1979)
38 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 state decisions
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
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Scheuer v. Rhodes · Monroe v. Pape · Pierson v. Ray · Ker v. People of the State of Illinois
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a violation of state law can serve as the basis of a [Sjection 1983 action `[w]here the violation of state law causes the deprivation of rights protected by the Constitution.'”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a complaint alleging the arrest and transportation of a fugitive without extradition proceedings does create a cause of action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“law enforcement officials [must follow] the clear mandates of state and federal extradition laws in the apprehension and transportation of fugitives.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Young v. Nickols
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.