Volk v. Coler’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1985 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Parratt v. Taylor · Goldberg v. Kelly · Perry v. Sindermann
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“each of these Defendants were more directly involved in the investigation and handling of Plaintiff’s grievances. Further, there are facts which indicated that these officials became aware of Tapen’s alleged conduct during the time Plaintiff was under consideration for the social worker position, and prior to the time acts of retaliation (such as Plaintiff's transfer) occurred. Thus, it is possible that the deprivations of Plaintiff’s rights, if proven, could have occurred at the direction of these officials or with their express consent. See, Soderbeck v. Burnett County, supra, 752 F.2d [285] at 294 [7th Cir.1985], cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1117 , 105 S.Ct. 2360 , 86 L.Ed.2d 261 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Volk v. Coler“Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Volk v. Coler“no jury could conclude that Plaintiff was discriminated against on the basis of her membership in the class of women.... For instance, no witness testified that Tapen treated women as a group differently from men....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Volk v. Coler
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.