Peterson v. Hanson’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Scheuer v. Rhodes · Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Edelman v. Jordan · Quern v. Jordan · Vance v. Bradley
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““requiring that future monthly salaries paid by the defendant to each of the plaintiffs be increased by a sum equal to the difference between $434.00 and the portion of that court reporter’s salary representing the amount of the county supplement, if any, he or she previously received, and requiring that future salary-based benefits paid by the defendant to the plaintiffs be adjusted in accordance with the above-ordered salary increases.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Peterson v. Hanson“irrationally based on the date, county and status of appointment ... rather than on job proficiency”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Peterson v. Lindner
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.