Wilkerson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
699 F.2d 325 · 1983
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 8 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 100 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably Scott v. Greenville County (1983), LRL Properties v. Portage Metro Housing Authority (1995)
43 federal appellate · 8 district · 7 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 Parratt v. Taylor · Perry v. Sindermann · Monroe v. Pape · Meyer v. State of Nebraska · Bell v. Burson
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 100 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he regular and impartial administration of public rules governing these interests, as required by due process.” Id. Wiikerson did not hold that all individuals have a liberty interest in impartial government decision making. 12 . The district court also held that EJS’s”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he holding in Parratt must be construed in light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Patsy v. Board of Regents of State of Florida [ 457 U.S. 496 , 102 S.Ct. 2557 , 73 L.Ed.2d 172 ] (1982). In that case, the Court held that § 1983 plaintiffs need not exhaust state administrative remedies before bringing an action in federal court. Since the decision in Monroe v. Pape, 365 U.S. 167 [ 81 S.Ct. 473 , 5 L.Ed.2d 492 ] (1961), it has been the rule that a § 1983 plaintiff need not attempt to vindicate his or her claim in state court before asserting it in federal court. To apply the holding of Parratt outside the prisoners’ rights context is inconsistent with Monroe and Patsy. 699 F.2d at 329.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“freedom to choose and pursue a career, 'to engage in any of the common occupations of life,' Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 , 399, 43 S.Ct. 625, 626, 67 L.Ed. 1042 (1923), qualifies as a liberty interest which may not be arbitrarily denied by the State.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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