DiRuzza v. Lanza’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Joshua Deshaney, a Minor, by His Guardian Ad Litem, and Melody Deshaney,s v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, et al. · Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination Unit · Dwares v. City of New York · McBride v. BIC Consumer Products Manufacturing Co. · Pena v. Deprisco
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A claim for [IIED] must satisfy an 'exceedingly high legal standard'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency, [so as] to be regarded as atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Actions 'likely [to] be considered reprehensible by most people' are not sufficient.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.