Singleton v. City of New York’s Empirical Analysis
632 F.2d 185 · 1980
Citation profile
134 federal appellate · 30 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 439 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2025 · most notably Deakins v. Monaghan (1988), Singer v. Fulton County Sheriff (1995)
134 federal appellate · 30 district · 16 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1508 · 28 U.S.C. § 1738 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Erie Co v. Tompkins · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Younger v. Harris
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 439 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when the plaintiff knows or has reason to know of the injury that is the basis of the action.”
21 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The crucial time for accrual purposes is when the plaintiff becomes aware that he is suffering from a wrong for which damages may be recovered in a civil action.”
19 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[p]roceedings are 'terminated in favor of the accused' only when their final disposition is such as to indicate the accused is not guilty.”
8 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.