Wagner v. Higgins’s Empirical Analysis
754 F.2d 186 · 1985
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently January 2017 · most notably Barry v. Fowler (1990), Charles v. Baesler (1990)
27 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Parratt v. Taylor · Monroe v. Pape · Hudson v. Palmer · 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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for deprivation of property under color of law without due process, the plaintiff must prove the absence of adequate state remedies as an element of the constitutional tort.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“APPLICABLE LAW; VENUE; JURISDICTION. The parties agree that this Master Agreement, each Schedule and Other Document shall be treated as though executed and performed in Dallas County, Texas, and any legal actions relating to the Agreement, any Schedule or any Other Document must be instituted in the courts of Dallas County, Texas or the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, which shall have exclusive jurisdiction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“"(2) A defense of failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, a defense of failure to join a party indispensable under Rule 19, and an objection of failure to state a legal defense to a claim may be made in any pleading permitted or order under Rule 7(a), or by motion for judgment on the pleadings, or at the trial on the merits."”
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.