Friedman v. Abrams’s Empirical Analysis
1985
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Powell v. Power · Unity Party v. Wallace · Hutson v. Bass · 523 F. Supp. 177 - Moldonado v. Rodriguez · Gammerman v. Bd. of Elections of City of New York
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in the first instance is complex, difficult, or burdensome in any way”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“state the name and residence of the nominee”
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.