Boler v. Earley’s Empirical Analysis
865 F.3d 391 · 2017
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 1251 (Alternative Water Sources Act of 2000) · 33 U.S.C. § 1401 (Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1985 · 42 U.S.C. § 300G · 42 U.S.C. § 300G · 42 U.S.C. § 300J · 42 U.S.C. § 300J
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“we ask whether 'the contours of the rights and protections' provided by the [statute] and those existing under the Constitution 'diverge in significant ways.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[i]n those cases in which [a] § 1983 claim is based on a statutory right”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he contours of the rights and protections of the SDWA and those arising under the Constitution, and a plaintiff's ability to show violations of each, are 'not ... wholly congruent.' This further supports the conclusion that Congress did not intend to foreclose § 1983 suits by enacting the SDWA.”
2 later decisions 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.