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993 F.2d 718 · 1993

Citation profile

33
cited by 33 later decisions
February 2009
most recently cited

22 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988

Relies on Anderson v. Creighton · Gerstein v. Pugh · Pierson v. Ray · Pierce v. Underwood · Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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

  1. “The law of the case doctrine states that the decision of an appellate court on a legal issue must be followed in all subsequent proceedings in the same case.”
    5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. United States v. Gary Spellman · John S. Herrington David S. Herrington Quail Hill Ranch v. County of Sonoma, John S. Herrington David S. Herrington, and Quail Hill Ranch Co., a Partnership v. County of Sonoma, John S. Herrington David S. Herrington Quail Hill Ranch v. County of Sonoma
  2. “frivolous, unreasonable, or without foundation.”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Acosta · Banks v. Prudential California Realty
  3. “we may not reverse unless we have a definite and firm conviction that the court below committed a clear error of judgment in the conclusion it reached upon a weighing of the relevant factors.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Hispanos Unidos v. Scab Rock Feeders Inc

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.