Milton v. Slota’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 Kingsley v. Hendrickson · Cady v. Sheahan · Fabriko Acquisition Corp. v. Prokos · Zoretic v. Darge · Beal v. Beller
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.
“[N]egligently inflicted harm does not amount to a constitutional violation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. McCaa v. Hamilton · Riley v. Franke
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.