Rollins v. Willett’s Empirical Analysis
770 F.3d 575 · 2014
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Heck v. Humphrey · Wallace v. Kato · Wallace v. Kato · Okoro v. Callaghan · Reynolds v. Jamison
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] finding that the defendant was illegally seized-the finding he seeks in this suit-would therefore have no relevance to the validity of his guilty plea and ensuing conviction”
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.