Chess v. Dovey’s Empirical Analysis
790 F.3d 961 · 2015
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Farmer v. Brennan · Bell v. Wolfish · Hudson v. Palmer · Wilson v. Seiter · Whitley v. Albers
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the district court and opposing party were fully aware of the potential problem with, and would-be objection to, [a jury] instruction,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“When a party raises a contemporaneous objection to a jury instruction, we review the jury instruction either de novo or for abuse of discretion, depending on the nature of the error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]hen a litigant in a civil trial fails to object to a jury instruction, we may review the challenged jury instruction for plain error.”
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.