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McKinney v. Pate’s Empirical Analysis

985 F.2d 1502 · 1993

Citation profile

13
cited by 13 later decisions
October 2001
most recently cited

7 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Gideon v. Wainwright · Mapp v. Ohio · Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · Parratt v. Taylor

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.

  1. “implicit in the concept of ordered liberty,” the Eleventh Circuit has strayed from this narrow path and created for state or local employees a”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “The failure to cross-appeal renders this point waived and without merit.”
    1 later decision 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.