Williams v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Gerstein v. Pugh · Bernard v. City of Palo Alto · 543 F. Supp. 694 - Sanders v. City of Houston · 451 F. Supp. 1000 - Lively v. Cullinane
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“from taking more than seven hours to complete steps necessary and incident to the arrest of plaintiffs and members of their class.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Williams v. Ward
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.