Perkins v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
November 2017
most recently cited
5 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Clark v. Library of Congress
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to the extent appellant was attempting to sue the former Attorney General in his official capacity, the action is barred by sovereign immunity”
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.