McKay v. Hammock’s Empirical Analysis
730 F.2d 1367 · 1984
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 24 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 87 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2015 · most notably Wilson v. Garcia (1985), Owens v. Okure (1989)
38 federal appellate · 24 district · 6 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 242 · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Parratt v. Taylor · Monroe v. Pape · Baker v. McCollan
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 87 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[a]ll other actions of every kind for which no other period of limitation is provided by law.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“DeLuca, as Sheriff, was the official responsible for the policies and procedures of the Routt County Sheriff's Office. Therefore, the Sheriff's Office will be liable under Monell for implementing an unconstitutional act if DeLuca knowingly was involved in an intentional constitutional deprivation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Starrett v. Wadley“personal participation, his exercise of control or direction, or his failure to supervise.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Specht v. Jensen
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.