Wallace v. Greer’s Empirical Analysis
821 F.2d 1274 · 1987
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently April 2014 · most notably Conner v. Reinhard (1988), Donald v. Polk County (1988)
9 federal appellate ·
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 Haines v. Kerner · Helvering v. Gowran · Lewis v. Faulkner · Munson v. Friske · LAC Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Voigt
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“we may affirm on any ground that finds support in the record.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“summary judgment should be granted only when no genuine issues of material fact exist and when the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Grossman v. Hardy
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.