Donaldson v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Bell v. Hood · Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper · Dennis v. Sparks · Kleiner v. First National Bank
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because of the seriousness of the unsupported allegations of judicial impropriety, as well as the injury to the administration of justice and federal-state judicial comity that such allegations have caused, this court finds that sanctions under Rule 11 are necessary both to punish such conduct and to deter such abuse from being repeated in the future.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Donaldson v. Clark“Plaintiff has now received ample time in which to proffer a factual foundation which would arguably present material issues of fact precluding summary judgment. Plaintiff has failed to do so.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Donaldson v. Clark“plaintiff's counsel was clearly advised by the court of its desire to pierce the pleadings and consider the matter on motion for summary judgment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Donaldson v. Clark
How this case has been treated — in progress
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