Ingo v. Koch’s Empirical Analysis
127 F.2d 667 · 1942
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently June 1989 · most notably Hoffman v. Palmer (1942), United Shoe Workers of America v. Bedell (1974)
14 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Massachusetts v. Mellon · Cohens v. Virginia · Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co. · Humphrey's Ex'r v. United States · Cohens v. Virginia
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he result is that we have a sort of heaven-purgatory-hell classification: (1) Conduct which is lawful and not actionable, because entirely within the sheriffs official authority. (2) Unlawful conduct, actionable, but sufficiently close to being “official” so that suit is barred if not brought within one year. (3) Unlawful conduct, so far from being “official” that, for purposes of the statute of limitations, it is treated like that of an ordinary nonofficial person.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“There is no doubt that she could have applied for a writ of habeas corpus, and upon doing so, the judge would undoubtedly have issued a writ. Whether the writ would have been contested and the extent of the contest and the litigation that might ensue, I can't say. No one else can say. However, if these people have done wrong in incarcerating her they cannot, in my opinion, place the burden upon the person wronged to go to the expense and difficulty, or go through the uncertainty of taking legal proceedings to escape from the consequences of the wrong that was inflicted upon her in the first instance. The duty of a defendant was not to commit a wrong at the beginning. [ Ibid. (citation omitted.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[E]nforcement of the state's orders requires that its officers be protected from excessive harassment so that they will not be paralyzed by fear in discharge of their functions; the enactment of such legislation as the short statute the equivalent of which is found in many jurisdictions was doubtless inspired by a policy of that sort.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jenkins v. Daniels
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.