Casey v. Depetrillo’s Empirical Analysis
697 F.2d 22 · 1983
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 17 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently June 2014 · most notably Brown v. Brienen (1983), Maintenance Co., Inc. v. Goldin (1988)
33 federal appellate · 17 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Parratt v. Taylor · Bishop v. Wood · California v. Civil Aeronautics Board · Hays v. Port of Seattle · Jackson Sawmill Co. v. United States
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any indication or allegation that the state would refuse to remedy the plaintiffs' grievance should they demonstrate a breach of contract under state law,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a mere breach of a contractual right is not a deprivation of property without constitutional due process of law. Otherwise, virtually every controversy involving an alleged breach of contract by a government ... instrumentality would be a constitutional case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“at bottom, a simple action for breach of contract for which the state provides a complete and adequate remedy”
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.