298 F. Supp. 2d 606 - Gilbert v. Ferry’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1257 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman · Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co. · Pierson v. Ray
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e support personal accountability. That means that if you're stupid enough to put hot coffee between your legs ... and get burned, you don't come to the Michigan Supreme Court for relief.... Geoffrey Fieger, and his trial lawyer cohorts hate this court. There's honor in that.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gilbert v. Ferry“If the [Michigan] Supreme Court denies [the motions], any federally protected rights that [the district court] might be able to intervene and safeguard will be lost under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gilbert v. Ferry“Therefore, taking Plaintiffs' own argument at face value, the Rooker-Feldman doctrine divested the Court of subject matter jurisdiction once the Michigan Supreme Court denied the motions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gilbert v. Ferry
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.