Snyder v. Gaudet’s Empirical Analysis
756 F.3d 30 · 2014
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 9 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Johnson v. Jones · Village of Willowbrook v. Olech · Ashcroft v. al-Kidd · 134 S. Ct. 2012 - Plumhoff v. Rickard · Rubinovitz v. Rogato
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n a class of one equal protection claim, proof of a similarly situated, but differently treated, comparator is essential. In particular, plaintiffs must show an extremely high degree of similarity between themselves and the persons to whom they compare themselves.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“differential treatment of the plaintiff was motivated by 'bad faith or malicious intent to injure.'”
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.