Brown v. Schiff’s Empirical Analysis
614 F.2d 237 · 1980
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Frey v. United States · Kelsaw v. Oregon · Ferri v. Ackerman
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“public defender does not act under color of state law”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Chea v. Sparks“merely because the victim is a prisoner.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bott v. DeLand
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.