Hoai v. Vo’s Empirical Analysis
935 F.2d 308 · 1991
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 49 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 99 later decisions — most recently November 2021 · most notably Cinel v. Connick (1994), Davenport v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters (1999)
20 federal appellate · 49 district · 2 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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1985
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co. · Polk County v. Dodson · Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co.
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 99 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[e]very person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must allege both (1) that he was deprived of a right secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States, and (2) that the defendant acted 'under color of' the law of a state, territory or the District of Columbia.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]t is well established that mere recourse to state or local court procedures does not by itself constitute 'joint activity' with the state sufficient to subject a private party to liability under section 1983.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Silva v. U.S. Bank, Nat'l Assoc., Under the Pooling & Serv. Agreement Dated 1, 2007, Gsamp Trust 2007-Nci, Mortg. Pass-Through Certificates, Series 207, Nci, Paul King, Dist. Court Judge, in His Individual Capacity, David J. Stevens, Dist. Court Judge, in His Individual Capacity, 18TH Judicial Dist., Court of Colo. Arapahoe Cnty., Richard B. Caschette, Dist. Court Judge, in His Individual Capacity, Christine Duffy, Douglas Cnty. Pub. Tr., in Her Individual Capacity, Lawrence E. Castle, in His Corporate Capacity, Robert J. Hopp, in His Individual & Corporate Capacity, Mers Inc. · Miller v. Marriott Int'l LLC
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.