206 Mich. App. 522 - Bell v. Fox’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
May 2008
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“contrary to plaintiff's argument, there is no intentional tort exception to the doctrine of governmental immunity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Odom v. Wayne County
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.