Trammell v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
January 2026
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Deitsch v. Tillery · Battle v. Harris · City of Fayetteville v. Romine · Smith v. BRT · Felton v. Rebsamen Medical Center, Inc.
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“order denying a motion to dismiss or for summary judgment based on the defense of sovereign immunity or the immunity of a government official.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“provides city employees with immunity from civil liability for negligent acts, but not for intentional acts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Williams v. Mannis“the right of immunity from suit is effectively lost if a case is permitted to go to trial”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Williams v. Mannis
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.