Hill v. Snyder’s Empirical Analysis
821 F.3d 763 · 2016
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Roper Superintendent Potosi Correctional Center v. Simmons · Lewis v. Continental Bank Corp. · Miller v. Alabama · Kowalski Judge 26th Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan et al. v. Tesmer et al. · Montgomery v. Louisiana
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“may indeed be necessary and appropriate in this case, particularly in light of defendants' apparent history of refusing to apply the court's orders to anyone other than the named plaintiffs.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hill v. Snyder
How this case has been treated — in progress
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