Henley v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
686 F.3d 634 · 2012
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Koon v. United States · Baker v. McCollan · Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co. · Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · Brown v. General Services Administration
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.
“every circuit to consider this exact question has held that, while a plaintiff may use § 1983 'as a vehicle for vindicating rights independently conferred by the Constitution,' Title VII and ADA statutory rights cannot be vindicated through § 1983”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“where the Rule 59(e) motion seeks review of a purely legal question, '[ljittle turns ... on whether we label the review of this particular question abuse of discretion or de novo, for an abuse-of-discretion standard does not mean a mistake of law is beyond appellate correction.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In the absence of any allegations of intentional discrimination, we therefore concluded the Equal Protection Clause did not provide a ground for relief for appellant's section 1983 race discrimination claim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Kemp
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.