Smith v. Patri’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harper v. Harris County · United States v. Shugart · Evett v. Detntff · Davis v. Klevenhagen · Fowler v. Szostek
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]here is no right to a completely accurate police report.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rich v. Palko
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.