Rodriguez v. Avita’s Empirical Analysis
871 F.2d 552 · 1989
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently July 2016 · most notably Gibson v. City of Chicago (1990), Schultea v. Wood (1995)
27 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 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 · City of Canton v. Harris · City of Oklahoma City v. Tuttle · City of Springfield v. Kibbe · Elliott v. Perez
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a pattern of similar incidents in which citizens were injured or endangered by intentional or negligent policy misconduct and/or that serious incompetence or misbehavior was general or widespread throughout [Metro’s] force.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In the now familiar cases involving 42 U.S.C. § 1983 we consistently require the claimant to state specific facts, not merely conclusory allegations.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“decked out with general claims of inadequate training....”
2 later decisions 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.