Fitzpatrick v. Meyer’s Empirical Analysis
1992
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Defendants argue that the Plaintiffs completely fail to establish that they have suffered any damages as a result of the alleged conduct of any of the defendants. Plaintiffs’ causal link between the claimed actions of defendants and their claimed damages is frivolous. The lack of any causal link between the claimed due process deprivations and actual damages mandates a nominal damage award of One Dollar ($1.00) at best.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fitzpatrick v. Meyer“The first category encompasses claims based on a ‘right, privilege, or immunity secured by the Constitution or federal laws other than the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment simpliciter.’ The second category ... includes allegations of official acts which ‘may not take place no matter what procedural protections accompany them.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fitzpatrick v. Meyer
How this case has been treated — in progress
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