Ex Parte Woodward’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on 792 So. 2d 392 - Ex Parte Cranman · Diversicare Corp. v. Nickerson · 586 So. 2d 889 - Ex Parte Alfab, Inc. · Robinson v. University of South Alabama Medical Center · Parker v. Amerson
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"We note that the trial court may choose to reinstate [the two discharged employees] with back pay; our opinion today merely stands for the proposition that [the discharged employees] may not obtain back pay or any other monetary damages from Woodward in his individual capacity."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.