Washington v. Dugger’s Empirical Analysis
860 F.2d 1018 · 1988
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently September 2012 · most notably Marsh v. Butler County (2001), Brown v. Crawford (1990)
13 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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 Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Estelle v. Gamble · Impossible Electronics Techniques, Inc. v. Wackenhut Protective Systems, Inc. · Gittlemacker v. Prasse
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if reasonable minds might differ on the inferences arising from undisputed facts, then a court should deny summary judgment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“eliminated pain and suffering at least temporarily”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McElligott v. Foley“unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.