610 F. Supp. 2d 77 - Halcomb v. Woods’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
9 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Wilhelm v. State of Maryland Traffic Safety Commission · Sere v. Group Hospitalization, Inc. · Clark v. Associated Retail Credit Men of Washington · Rogala v. District of Columbia · Homan v. Goyal
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Judgment as a matter of law is appropriate only if the evidence and all reasonable inferences that can be drawn therefrom are so one-sided that reasonable men and women could not have reached a verdict in plaintiff's favor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“necessary to demonstrate a causal link between a defendant's act and a plaintiff's harm 'in cases presenting medically complicated questions due to multiple and/or preexisting causes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) extreme and outrageous conduct on the part of [the University] which (2) either intentionally or recklessly (3) cause[d] [her] severe emotional distress.”
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.