Roberts v. Kling’s Empirical Analysis
104 F.3d 316 · 1997
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Malley v. Briggs · Imbler v. Pachtman · Forrester v. White · Burns v. Reed · Buckley v. Fitzsimmons
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We outlined the relevant facts on appeal: Defendant, then an investigator for the District Attorney’s office in the Third Judicial District of New Mexico, investigated allegations that plaintiff had failed to return her children to the custody of their father in violation of a court order. Defendant subsequently signed and filed a criminal complaint against plaintiff before a magistrate in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, and obtained a warrant for plaintiffs arrest. Plaintiff was arrested in Oregon and extradited to New Mexico for trial. Five months after her preliminary hearing, plaintiff moved to dismiss the charges against her on jurisdictional grounds. The state trial judge dismissed the case and his decision was affirmed on appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Roberts v. Kling“determinative factor is `advocacy' because that is the prosecutor's main function and the one most akin to his quasi-judicial role.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mink v. Suthers“Absolute immunity defeats a suit at the outset, so long as the official's actions were within the scope of the immunity.”
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.