Hughes v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
816 F.3d 955 · 2016
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. Romeo · J. D. B. v. North Carolina · DeWalt v. Carter · J. D. B. v. North Carolina · J. D. B. v. North Carolina
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Just as police when interrogating children are held to understand the mental and psychological differences between adults and children ...so staff of an institution that houses and treats persons suffering from mental disorders should be held to understand that they are dealing with psychologically impaired persons.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lisle v. Welborn
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.