Fleming v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
780 F.2d 438 · 1985
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Flagg Brothers Inc v. Brooks J Lefkowitz · Gazette, Inc. v. Harris · Fleming v. Moore
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Fleming's sole possible federal remedy is by appeal from the Supreme Court of Virginia to the United States Supreme Court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fleming v. Moore“[w]e detect nothing in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 that would permit a federal court to relitigate the libel issues”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fleming v. Moore
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.