McDonough v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
898 F.3d 259 · 2018
Citation profile
1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on United States v. Agurs · Heck v. Humphrey · Imbler v. Pachtman · Wallace v. Kato · Wallace v. Kato
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an action accrues when the wrongful act or omission results in damages, and once the plaintiff knows or has reason to know of the injury which is the basis of his action[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“learned that the evidence was false and was used against him”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McDonough v. Smith
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.