Bornschein v. Herman’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
October 2018
most recently cited
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Illinois v. Gates · Wilson v. Layne
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While malicious prosecution claims are generally brought against arresting or prosecuting officials, 'they can also be brought against individuals other than the arresting officer when such a person actively engaged in a plaintiff's prosecution.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“that [the] defendant played an active role in the prosecution, such as giving advice and encouragement or importuning the authorities to act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.