Ritchie v. Wickstrom’s Empirical Analysis
938 F.2d 689 · 1991
Citation profile
12 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Monroe v. Pape · Kentucky v. Graham · Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · Daniels v. Williams
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Cowan does not stand for the proposition that every time a state official is charged with misconduct while acting within the general ambit of his job title eleventh amendment immunity comes into play.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We do not find this holding to be inconsistent with Wells v. Brown, 891 F.2d 591 (6th Cir.1989), when Wells is read against the clear mandate of the relevant Supreme Court decisions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Harris v. Morris“because it follows ipso facto that one acting in an official capacity for a governmental unit is acting under color of law. It is only recently that this method of pleading the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Harris v. Morris
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.