William Edison Owen v. Milton S. Kronheim, Jr.’s Empirical Analysis
304 F.2d 957 · 1962
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently October 2008 · most notably Raymond Richardson, Jr. v. Hugh F. Rivers, D. C. Board of Parole (1964), Tucker v. Outwater (1997)
18 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
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 Bradley v. Fisher · Pargoud v. United States · Cooper v. O'Connor · Yaselli v. Goff · Yaselli v. Goff
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * (J)udges are not liable for damages in civil actions for any act done in their official capacity while acting within the limits of their jurisdiction. This exemption from liability is, in general, absolute, and a judge cannot be called to account for his official actions by a civil suit at any time or place. * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Turner v. Raynes“* * * (J)udges of courts of superior or general jurisdiction are not liable to civil actions for their judicial acts, even when such acts are in excess of their jurisdiction, and are alleged to have been done maliciously or corruptly. * * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Turner v. Raynes“The liberality of the . . . Federal Rules is such that erroneous nomenclature does not prevent the court from recognizing the true nature of a motion.”
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.