Mathis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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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.

1. “[A] line of authority ... goes back over a hundred years adhering to the concept that: 'The master who puts the servant in a place of trust or responsibility ... is justly held responsible when the servant, through lack of judgment or discretion, or from infirmity of temper, or under the influence of passion aroused by the circumstances and the occasion, goes beyond the strict line of his duty or authority, and inflicts an unjustifiable injury upon another.’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 115 F. Supp. 2d 452 - Campbell v. DiGuglielmo

2. ““the procedure when a prison guard is sued for assault and a civil rights violation, and the Attorney General refuses to provide a defense under section 17 [of the N.Y. Public Officers Law] upon his own finding that the guard was acting outside the scope of employment, is for the guard to either make a motion in the pending federal action, or bring an article 78 proceeding in this Court to challenge the denial of a defense.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 692 F. Supp. 303 - Kelly v. City of New York