King v. Zamiara’s Empirical Analysis
788 F.3d 207 · 2015
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Carey v. Piphus · Smith v. Wade · Memphis Community School District v. Stachura · Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. · Lawson v. Credithrift of America
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“evil motive or intent, or that [DentaQuest's actions] involve[ ] reckless or callous indifference to the federally protected rights of [Snodgrass-King].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“No formula exists to determine with precision compensatory damages. The amount is left to the sound discretion of the fact finder.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Heard v. Finco
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.