Frazier v. Bailey’s Empirical Analysis
957 F.2d 920 · 1992
Citation profile
86 federal appellate · 34 district · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 177 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2023 · most notably Richardson v. McKnight (1997), Watterson v. Page (1993)
86 federal appellate · 34 district · 13 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
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Santosky v. Kramer · Stanley v. Illinois
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 177 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“closely corresponding factual and legal precedents”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[W]hile there may be a due process right of “familial integrity” of some dimensions, the dimensions of this right have yet to be clearly established. Moreover, to the extent it is well-defined, the liberty interest is not absolute but rather balanced against the governmental interest. In such circumstances wTe find that [the plaintiff] has failed to show that the steps taken by [the defendants] in responding to the allegations of sexual abuse “violated the nebulous right of family integrity.” Because the right to family integrity has not been so particularized as to put defendants on notice that their conduct was unlawful, [the defendants] are entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of law.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[s]uch eases require a more fact-specific inquiry into whether the defendants’ actions violated a particularized, ‘clearly established’ constitutional right.... The courts have also emphasized the amorphous nature of a liberty interest in familial relationships. Because this interest must always be balanced against the government interest involved, it is difficult, if not impossible, for officials to know when they have violated ‘clearly established’ law.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.