Maynard v. Beck’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Forrester v. White · Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. · Bogan v. Scott-Harris · Hirsh v. Justices Of Supreme Court of State of California: · Carver v. Foerster
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To determine whether challenged conduct is legislative * * * a court must consider the nature of the acts in question, rather than the motive or intent of the official performing them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“integral steps in the legislative process.”
1 later decision 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.