Thompson v. Murray’s Empirical Analysis
800 F.3d 979 · 2015
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Mitchell v. Forsyth · Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · Scott v. Harris · Tennessee v. Garner · Johnson v. Jones
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e accept as true the facts that the district court found were adequately supported, as well as the facts that the district court likely assumed, to the extent they are not 'blatantly contradicted by the record.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“At bottom, this is an argument about the sufficiency of the evidence, a question we lack jurisdiction to review, however inventively it is structured as an abstract legal argument.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Burnikel v. Fong“the district court's conclusions regarding evidence sufficiency and the genuineness of factual disputes-conclusions that we have no jurisdiction to review.”
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.