Lenea v. Lane’s Empirical Analysis
882 F.2d 1171 · 1989
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently March 2024 · most notably DeVargas v. Mason & Hanger-Silas Mason Co. (1990), Hamilton v. O'Leary (1992)
27 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 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 Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Wolff v. McDonnell · Edelman v. Jordan · Quern v. Jordan
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“obviously ranks below what would be sufficient in a criminal or civil trial....”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Regardless of what label is placed on the monetary relief which Lenea wants, 'equitable' or 'legal damages,' it remains a personal monetary award out of the official's own pocket.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he relevant question is whether there is any evidence in the record that could support the conclusion reached by the disciplinary board.”
3 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.