McKenzie v. Crotty’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1927
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Gerstein v. Pugh · Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper · Sosna v. Iowa · Owen v. City of Independence
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No person, political subdivision or the state is liable ... for failure to provide sufficient equipment, personnel, programs, facilities or services in a prison or other correctional facility.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“No person, political subdivision or the state is liable ... for any injury caused by or resulting from ... (4) a prisoner to any other prisoner----”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“recovery of damages for personal injury, property damages, error or omission or death....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cody v. Leapley
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.