Ermold v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
855 F.3d 715 · 2017
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Powell v. McCormack · Buckhannon Board and Care Home Incs v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources · Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division v. Craft · Lewis v. Continental Bank Corp. · City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A case is moot when the issues presented are no longer 'live' or the parties lack a legally cognizable interest in the outcome.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Damages claims 'are retrospective in nature-they compensate for past harm. By definition, then, such claims cannot be moot.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“must not be 'so insubstantial or so clearly foreclosed by prior decisions that th[e] case may not proceed.'”
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.