Simms v. Seaman’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 2020
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Petyan v. Ellis · DeLaurentis v. City of New Haven · Gregoire v. Biddle · Neshewat v. Hagstrom · Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Did the Appellate Court properly determine that claims of fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress brought against attorneys for conduct that occurred during judicial proceedings were barred as a matter of law by the doctrine of absolute immunity?”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Simms v. Seaman
How this case has been treated — in progress
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