Benner v. Negley’s Empirical Analysis
725 F.2d 446 · 1984
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 20 U.S.C. § 1415 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society · Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · Anderson v. Thompson · Analytica Incorporated v. Npd Research Inc Schwartz & Freeman · Lone Star Steel Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“acted in bad faith, vexatiously, wantonly, or for oppressive reasons.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lowe v. Letsinger
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.