Elwell v. Byers’s Empirical Analysis
699 F.3d 1208 · 2012
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · Santosky v. Kramer · Pearson v. Callahan · Sandin v. Conner
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“For state law to create a liberty interest, it must establish substantive predicates to govern official deci-sionmaking and mandate an outcome when relevant criteria have been met.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. M.S. v. People“creates a mandatory procedure but does not guarantee a particular substantive outcome, it does not confer a protected liberty interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. M.S. v. People“Qualified immunity only extends to 'government officials performing discretionary functions.'”
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.