Dean v. Gladney’s Empirical Analysis
621 F.2d 1331 · 1980
Citation profile
50 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 96 later decisions — most recently June 2023 · most notably Grendel's Den, Inc. v. Larkin (1984), Terrell v. Brewer (1991)
50 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Cort v. Ash · Hutto v. Finney · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.
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 96 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... the doctrine [of respondeat superior] has no application in an action under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 .”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[l]ocal governing bodies ... can be sued directly under § 1983 for monetary, declaratory, or injunctive relief [only] where ... the action that is alleged to be unconstitutional implements or executes' a policy statement, ordinance, regulation or decision officially adopted and promulgated by that body’s officers.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a remedy against federal officers, acting under color of federal law”
2 later decisions 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.