Tatum v. Houser’s Empirical Analysis
642 F.2d 253 · 1981
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Bell v. Wolfish · Carey v. Piphus · Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Campbell v. Cauthron
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“deprivations of certain constitutional rights, even without a showing of actual injury, may be vindicated, at a minimum, by making such actionable for nominal damages”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“liable for jail conditions even though he may not have had actual knowledge of them.”
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.