Perreault v. Hostetler’s Empirical Analysis
884 F.2d 267 · 1989
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently August 2004
7 federal appellate ·
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 Haines v. Kerner · Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY v. Tomanio · Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Newman Oil Co. · Hardin v. Straub · Bireline v. Seagondollar
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when the plaintiff knows or has reason to know of the injury which is the basis of the action.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“less stringent standards than formal pleadings [and documents] drafted by lawyers,”
1 later decision 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.