Lowe v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

33 federal appellate · 35 district · 4 state decisions

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 88 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[w]hen a deprivation of a property interest is occasioned by random and unauthorized conduct by state officials, ... the due process inquiry is limited to the issue of the adequacy of postdeprivation remedies provided by the state.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 104 F. Supp. 2d 96 - Marti Navarro v. United States · 164 F. Supp. 2d 35 - Learnard v. Inhabitants of Town of Van Buren

2. “courts scrutinize carefully the assertion by state officials that their conduct is 'random and unauthorized,'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. O'Neill v. Baker · Mard v. Town of Amherst

3. “[I]f a state provides adequate post-deprivation remedies-either by statute or through the common-law tort remedies available in its courts-no claim of a violation of procedural due process can be brought under § 1983 against the state officials whose random and unauthorized conduct caused the deprivation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Murphy v. Commonwealthexec. Office of the Trial Court · 895 F. Supp. 375 - Cronin v. Town of Amesbury