Kenney v. Hatfield’s Empirical Analysis
1955
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Tenney v. Brandhove · Louis Weber v. United States · Picking v. Pennsylvania R. · New Jersey v. New York · Cobb v. City of Malden
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The order is fair on its face and is one to which the defendants were required to be amenable. These de fendants not only should not be expected, but should not be permitted, to go behind a court order, which appears on its face to be valid, and attempt to question the propriety of the entry of the order, * * * ” Id. at 818 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““These defendants were required to receive the plaintiff at the hospital by virtue of the order of the Probate Court of Berrien County, and pursuant to the statutes of the State of Michigan. * * * The order is fair on its face and is one to which the defendants were required to be amenable. These defendants not only should not be expected, but should not be permitted, to go behind a court order, which appears on its face to be valid, and attempt to question the propriety of the entry of the order, in the case of the commitment of an alleged mentally ill person to an institution by which they are employed.” 132 F.Supp. at page 818 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Robinson, a private practitioner, in preparing the papers filed as the first step in the proceedings resulting in Kenney's commitment * * * was not amenable to an action based on the civil rights statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hoffman v. Halden
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.