Morton v. Becker’s Empirical Analysis
793 F.2d 185 · 1986
Citation profile
53 federal appellate · 122 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 248 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably Hall v. Bellmon (1991), Myers v. Morris (1987)
53 federal appellate · 122 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Daniels v. Williams · Paul v. Davis · Rideout v. United States · Davidson v. Cannon · Goldman v. Belden
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 248 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a motion to dismiss a complaint should not be granted unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts which would entitle him to relief.”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“allege deprivation of a right, privilege or immunity secured by the Constitution and laws of the United States through the conduct of persons acting under color of state law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the factual allegations of [the] complaint fail to support a sufficient causal connection between the alleged deprivations and the [police department's] actions.”
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.