Devbrow v. Kalu’s Empirical Analysis
705 F.3d 765 · 2013
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan · United States v. Kubrick · Helling v. McKinney · Wallace v. Kato · Wallace v. Kato
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.
“use the rule that applies to the common-law cause of action most similar to the kind of claim the plaintiff asserts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“continued for as long as the defendants had the power to do something about [the plaintiff's] condition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“when the plaintiff knows or has reason to know of the injury which is the basis of his action.”
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.