Hughes v. Savell’s Empirical Analysis
902 F.2d 376 · 1990
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently March 2017 · most notably Hudson v. City of New Orleans (1999), Martinez v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice (2002)
11 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 Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · Kentucky v. Graham · Ford Motor Co. v. Department of Treasury · Dugan v. Rank
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the state is the real, substantial party in interest.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“does not recognize an individual negligence action against [defendant] .”
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.