Sukeforth v. Thegen’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
November 1998
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mezullo v. Maletz · Dunbar v. Greenlaw · Jillson v. Caprio · Beckham v. Cline · Hurley v. Towne
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“acting in a quasi-judicial capacity ... enjoys an immunity from civil liability arising out of his acts which are a proper exercise of his discretionary and judicial functions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Taylor v. Herst
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.