Richardson v. Runnels’s Empirical Analysis
594 F.3d 666 · 2010
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Farmer v. Brennan · Bell v. Wolfish · Sandin v. Conner · Johnson v. California
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e do not reach qualified immunity because the issue has never been addressed by the district court.”). 8 . Both parties refer to state procedural law on summary judgment in connection with the gross negligence claim, but the standard for summary judgment set forth in Rule 56(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure controls. The district court had federal question jurisdiction over the § 1983 claim and supplemental jurisdiction over the state-law gross negligence claim, and”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cortez v. Skol
How this case has been treated — in progress
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