Smith v. Campbell’s Empirical Analysis
782 F.3d 93 · 2015
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
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 · Small v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Singer v. Fulton County Sheriff
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) he has a right protected by the First Amendment; (2) the defendant's actions were motivated or substantially caused by [plaintiff's] exercise of that right; and (3) the defendant's actions caused him some injury.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is the standard rule that accrual occurs when a plaintiff has a complete and present cause of action, that is, when the plaintiff can file suit and obtain relief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McDonough v. Smith“issue of the tickets was an injury in that it subjected her to a state action requiring that she either appear in court, pay a fine, or both”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dingwell v. Cossette
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.