Spurlock v. Whitley’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1367 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Heck v. Humphrey · Imbler v. Pachtman · Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must construe the complaint in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, accept all factual allegations as true, and determine whether the plaintiff undoubtedly can prove no set of facts in support of [the] claims ■ that would entitle [the plaintiff] to relief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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