Willacy v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Mathews v. Eldridge · Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co. · Flagg Brothers Inc v. Brooks J Lefkowitz · Mills v. Alabama
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A physician who detains an individual 'likely to injure himself or others' ..., by contrast, is not simply availing himself of a 'self-help' remedy with the acquiescence of the state; instead, the function he performs is more akin to the state's power and duty to protect against threats to the general public and to care for those unable to care for themselves.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Spencer v. Lee
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.