Riley v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis
810 F.2d 1006 · 1986
Citation profile
39
cited by 39 later decisions
1
states following
January 1998
most recently cited
26 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Mitchell v. Forsyth · Pitney Bowes, Inc. v. Mestre · Smith v. National Bank
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“determine[ ] with finality whether Riley had been subjected to a constitutional deprivation and, if so, whether some or all of the defendants were entitled to the benefit of qualified immunity.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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