Simmons v. City of Philadelphia’s Empirical Analysis
947 F.2d 1042 · 1991
Citation profile
101 federal appellate · 30 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 284 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably Kost v. Kozakiewicz (1993), Kneipp v. Tedder (1996)
101 federal appellate · 30 district · 9 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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 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 · Erie Co v. Tompkins · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Estelle v. Gamble · Bell v. Wolfish
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 284 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“absent extraordinary circumstances, briefs must contain statements of all issues presented for appeal, together with supporting arguments and citations.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] passing reference to an issue in a brief will not suffice to bring that issue before this court on appeal.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“absent the conscious decision or deliberate indifference of some natural person, a municipality, as an abstract entity, cannot be deemed to have engaged in a constitutional violation by virtue of a policy, a custom, or a failure to train.” Simmons v. City of Philadelphia, 947 F.2d 1042, 1063 (3d Cir.1991). 4 . Finally, Frazier argues for the first time on appeal that the City can be held liable under the”
3 later decisions 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.