671 F. Supp. 624 - Wells v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Parratt v. Taylor · Ingraham v. Wright · Martinez v. California · National Labor Relations Board v. International Longshoremen's Ass'n · Bowers v. DeVito
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.
“the allegations of the complaint * * * when taken as true could support a finding of a 'close relationship' * * * or the existence of a 'special danger' to [Sanderlin]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wells v. Walker“there is no constitutionally mandated duty to protect one private citizen from another * * * beyond [the confines of] prison[s] or prison-like environments.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wells v. Walker“Harpole effectively foreclose[d] any argument for [section] 1983 liability predicated upon”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wells v. Walker
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.