Cotto v. Campbell’s Empirical Analysis
2025
Citation profile
1 district ·
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Massachusetts District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Edelman v. Jordan · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · Papasan v. Allain
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“bar[] a state from being sued in federal court by - 6 - its own citizens, citizens of another state, or citizens of a foreign nation.”
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.