Hatton v. Wicks’s Empirical Analysis
744 F.2d 501 · 1984
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Van Ooteghem v. Gray · Brantley v. Surles · Sims v. BD. OF TRUSTEES, HOLLY SPRINGS, ETC.
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The sole question which is before us, then, is whether the existence of these facts and these events constitutes a violation of appellant Hatton's civil rights under the due process of law clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. That question obviously is a question of law, a question of the interpretation and application of the Constitution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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