Molton v. City of Cleveland’s Empirical Analysis
839 F.2d 240 · 1988
Citation profile
66 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 125 later decisions — most recently October 2020 · most notably Simmons v. City of Philadelphia (1991), Redman v. County of San Diego (1991)
66 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 state decisions
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 Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Glasser v. United States · Estelle v. Gamble · Daniels v. Williams · Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati
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 125 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he conduct for which liability attaches ... must demonstrate deliberateness tantamount to an intent to punish.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bell v. Stigers · Hicks v. Frey“deliberate indifference to [his] serious medical needs....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The City can be held liable for police misconduct under respondeat superior in the same manner as a private corporation. Longfellow v. City of Newark, 18 Ohio St.3d 144 , 480 N.E.2d 432 (1985); Enghauser Mfg. Co. v. Erickson Engineering Ltd., 6 Ohio St.3d 31 , 451 N.E.2d 228 (1983). Contrary to the City’s position: A master is subject to liability for the intended tortious harm by a servant to the person or things of another by an act done in connection with the servant’s employment, although the act was unauthorized, if the act is not unexpectable in view of the duties of the servant. Restatement (2d) of Agency § 245 (1958). See also Wiebold Studio, Inc. v. Old World Restorations, Inc., 19 Ohio App.3d 246 , 250-51, 484 N.E.2d 280 (1985). The actions of the officers were “not unexpectable” given their duties as police officers.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.