Burd v. Sessler’s Empirical Analysis
702 F.3d 429 · 2012
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Heck v. Humphrey · Preiser v. Rodriguez · Lewis Director Arizona Department of Corrections v. Casey · Bounds v. Smith · Spencer v. Kemna
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.
“Heck applies where a § 1983 plaintiff could have sought collateral relief ... but declined the opportunity”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Savory v. Cannon · Morgan v. Schott“Once [the plaintiff's] supervised release [the modern Illinois equivalent of parole] expires, any subsequent habeas corpus petition may be foreclosed due to failure to meet the 'in custody' requirement of habeas corpus.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Savory v. Cannon“We have held that, where a plaintiff cannot obtain collateral relief to satisfy Heck’s favorable termination requirement, his action may proceed under § 1983 without running afoul of Heck .”
1 later decision 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.