Padilla v. D'Avis’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Estelle v. Gamble · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co. · Screws v. United States
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Even with all factual inferences in plaintiffs’ favor, neither Complaint contains any allegations that could show [that] the sexual assault was ‘actuated at least in part by a purpose to further the employer’s business.’ Sunseri v. Pueda, 97 Ill. App. 3d 488 , 493 ***. That incurable disease is fatal to both plaintiffs’ state law claims against [the] City.” Padilla, 580 F. Supp. at 409-10 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Absent some formally promulgated standard of conduct (such as an ordinance or administrative regulation), a Section 1983 cause of action against a municipality must be grounded on some direct municipal act or omission or some municipal policy, custom or practice that in either event proximately caused the employee tortfeasor to inflict the harm on the plaintiff.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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