Douglas v. Burroughs’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 3612 (§ 812 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968))
Relies on Beacon Theaters Inc v. C Westover · Curtis v. Loether · Ross v. Bernhard · Simler v. Conner · Barton v. Barbour
Most-quoted passages
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“upon the other parties a demand therefor in writing at any time after the commencement of the action and not later than 10 days after the service of the last pleading directed to such issue.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the last pleading directed to such issue”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.