Kundra v. Austin’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Howard v. King · Baugh v. Taylor · Reginald R. Brinkmann, Jr. v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner · Leverette v. Louisville Ladder Co.
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] Bivens action requires that the defendant be a federal officer acting under color of federal law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hernandez v. Mesa
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.