Powell v. Ridge’s Empirical Analysis
247 F.3d 520 · 2001
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · United States v. Nixon · Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is further undisputed that, when the Legislature determines matters of general zoning policy, its actions are clearly legislative and are not subject to judicial review.[FN3] This is because legislators are absolutely immune from judicial interference — they have a “right not to stand trial”. Eastland v. United States Servicemen’s Fund, 421 U.S. 491 , 44 L. Ed. 2d 324 , 95 S. Ct. 1813 (1975); Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers Union of the United States, 446 U.S. 719 , 64 L. Ed. 2d 641 , 100 S. Ct. 1967 (1980); Powell v. Ridge, 247 F.3d 520 (3d Cir. 2001).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[O]rders denying legislative immunity have often been reviewed under the collateral order doctrine.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“completely separate from the merits of the dispute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.