Chathas v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
884 F.2d 980 · 1989
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently April 2019 · most notably Mock v. T.G. & Y. Stores Co. (1992), Kincaid v. Vail (1992)
19 federal appellate · 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 28 U.S.C. § 1651 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Graham v. Connor · Beck v. State of Ohio · Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co. · Chambers v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he failure of the defendants to follow the procedures set forth in ... the Illinois Mental Health Code does not by itself deprive [the plaintiff] of any liberty interest. A state created procedural right is not itself a liberty interest. Id. at 987.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]f the issue were whether [the] defendants complied with the governing state law, then we would have to reverse the district court's grant of a directed verdict. However, [ section] 1983 only provides a remedy for federal law violations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“If there is probable cause, it is irrelevant if the suspect turns out to be noncommitable. The arrest is still legal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ahern v. O'Donnell
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.