Gallagher v. Shelton’s Empirical Analysis
587 F.3d 1063 · 2009
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 40 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Jones v. Bock · Garrett v. Selby Connor Maddux & Janer · Martinez v. Aaron · Green v. Branson
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 162 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'an affirmative link ... between the constitutional deprivation and either the supervisor's personal participation, ... exercise of control or direction, or ... failure to supervise.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“we construe his pleadings and papers liberally” but”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“such an isolated act of negligence d[ id] not support a claim that [the plaintiff] was denied his First Amendment right to free exercise of religion.”
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.