Durham v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
698 F.2d 1179 · 1983
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently February 2001
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
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 Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Perry v. Sindermann · Thomas v. Computax Corp. · Winkler v. County of DeKalb
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a mutually recognized entitlement, as opposed to a unilateral expectation of a benefit, to establish the existence of a property interest.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n order to have a property interest within the protection of procedural due process, a person must have more than an abstract need or desire for a particular benefit ... (citations omitted) While absence of a contractual right to employment does not preclude the existence of a property interest, plaintiff must show a mutually recognized entitlement, as opposed to a unilateral expectation of a benefit, to establish the existence of a property interest, (citations omitted) The district court found that Sheriff Jones has never listed plaintiff’s service and has not used his wrecker service. Consequently, Durham’s interest constitutes a unilateral expectation. Sheriff Jones’ decision has only affected Durham’s ability to receive business from the Walker County sheriff’s department and has not affected either Durham’s right to operate a towing service or his ability to perform this service for other law enforcement agencies.”
2 later decisions 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.