Kelsey D. Bartlett v. Dr. Robert E. Weimer’s Empirical Analysis
268 F.2d 860 · 1959
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 3 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently April 2013 · most notably LaLonde v. Eissner (1989), William J. Bauers, Jr. v. Herbert T. Heisel, Jr (1966)
14 federal appellate · 3 district · 14 state decisions — followed in 11 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Kenney v. Fox · Jamieson v. Woodward · Cawley v. Warren · Whittington v. Johnston
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The complaint charges that the manner in which the examination was conducted and the nature of the purported medical findings amounted to a deprivation of appellants’ constitutional rights under the Civil Rights Statute. 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 . The complaint additionally alleged jurisdiction by virtue of diversity of citizenship and charged appellee with libel, slander and with being a party to a conspiracy to maliciously • prosecute appellant and to cause to be falsely committed to a mental institution.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Duzynski v. Nosal““Appellee’s motion to dismiss the complaint was granted by the district court, and, we hold, properly so. Appellee was appointed and acted as an officer of the court to give his opinion as to the mental health of appellant; and, while acting in such capacity, was protected by the same immunity extended to judges and other judicial officers. Appellant cannot, therefore, maintain an action against appellee in the federal district courts under the Civil Rights Act.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Duzynski v. Nosal
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.