Ward v. Ryan’s Empirical Analysis
623 F.3d 807 · 2010
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Haines v. Kerner · Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co. · Webb's Fabulous Pharmacies, Inc. v. Beckwith · Texas v. New Mexico
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Property interests are not constitutionally created; rather, protected property rights are 'created and their dimensions are defined by existing rules or understandings that stem from an independent source such as state law.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“its context within the surrounding statutory framework.”
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.