Wilkins v. Gaddy’s Empirical Analysis
734 F.3d 344 · 2013
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 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. § 1997E
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · City of Cleburne Texas v. Cleburne Living Center · Farrar v. Hobby · Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc. · City of New Orleans v. Dukes
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.
“a legislative choice is not subject to courtroom fact-finding and may be based on rational speculation unsupported by evidence or empirical data.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“courts generally accord the [law] a strong presumption of validity by applying a rational basis standard of review.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“reducing marginal or frivolous prisoner civil rights lawsuits and protecting the public fisc.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.