Noel v. Artson’s Empirical Analysis
641 F.3d 580 · 2011
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Graham v. Connor · Henderson v. Kibbe · Mu'Min v. Virginia · Ham v. South Carolina · Spell v. McDaniel
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) was correct; (2) was not substantially covered by the court's charge to the jury; and (3) dealt with some point in the trial so important, that failure to give the requested instruction seriously impaired”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“where, as here, the instructions accurately covered all the issues in the case, the failure to reference specific aspects of a party's contentions cannot serve as a basis for a finding of error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“District courts are necessarily vested with a great deal of discretion in constructing the specific form and content of jury instructions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.