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Dimanche v. Mass. Bay Transp. Auth.’s Empirical Analysis

893 F.3d 1 · 2018

Citation profile

8
cited by 8 later decisions
July 2025
most recently cited

2 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)

Relies on United States v. Zannino · McMillan v. Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Smith v. Kmart Corp. · Acevedo-Garcia v. Monroig · Prescott v. Higgins

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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “(1) an error was committed; (2) the error was 'plain' (i.e. obvious and clear under current law); (3) the error was prejudicial (i.e. affected substantial rights); and (4) review is needed to prevent a miscarriage of justice.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “conscious or purposeful effort to demean or diminish the class of which the plaintiff is a part (or the plaintiff because he or she is a member of the class).”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “in reviewing the denial of a motion for a new trial ... predicated on a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, [given that] the inquiries merge.”
    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.