Smith v. Bacon’s Empirical Analysis
699 F.2d 434 · 1983
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently December 2018 · most notably Rogers v. Bruntrager (1988), Dykes v. Aj Hosemann a W (1985)
36 federal appellate · 3 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 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Younger v. Harris · Stump v. Sparkman · Polk County v. Dodson · Dennis v. Sparks
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'defendants had directed themselves toward an unconstitutional action by virtue of a mutual understanding'”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“beyond a doubt that petitioner can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Horsey v. Asher · Green v. Black“must be sufficiently specific, that standard was not intended to be an insurmountable barrier____ We are mindful that “conspiracies are by their nature usually clandestine. It is unlikely that a plaintiff in a conspiracy case will be able to provide direct evidence of a conspiratorial agreement. Thus, such evidence is not necessary to prove that a civil conspiracy existed.” Accordingly, depend ing upon the conspiracy alleged in any particular case, the complainant may or may not be in a position to allege with precision the specific facts giving rise to the claim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.