Hart v. Walker v. Marshall County’s Empirical Analysis
720 F.2d 1443 · 1983
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Hutto v. Finney · City of Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc. · Familias Unidas v. Briscoe · Northside Realty Associates, Inc. v. United States
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]o impose liability on a municipal or governmental entity in a section 1983 action ..., the plaintiff must join the entity as a defendant in the suit.”
3 later decisions 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.