Briggs v. Goodwin’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
26 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Imbler v. Pachtman · Pierson v. Ray · Butz v. Economou
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“perjured testimony by police officers is likely to be more damaging to constitutional rights than such testimony by ordinary citizens, because the policeman in uniform carries special credibility in the eyes of the jurors.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Briggs v. Goodwin“those involved in judicial proceedings be 'given every encouragement to make a full disclosure of all pertinent information within their knowledge.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Briggs v. Goodwin“not competent proof in any court of law and that under these circumstances Mr. Goodwin ought to submit an affidavit under oath ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Briggs v. Goodwin
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.