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Hughes v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

305 F.2d 67 · 1962

Citation profile

26
cited by 26 later decisions
March 1978
most recently cited

18 federal appellate · 4 district ·

Relationships

Applies 16 U.S.C. § 703 (Arctic Tundra Habitat Emergency Conservation Act) · 16 U.S.C. § 706 · 18 U.S.C. § 2236 · 28 U.S.C. § 1442

Relies on Barr v. Matteo · Wilson v. United States · Davis v. United States · Frank v. Maryland

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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “The question is whether a search without warrant and unsupported by arrest, in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution, can be said to fall within the scope of the official duties of these appellees. In our view, it cannot, and accordingly immunity does not extend to such conduct.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “* * * the performance of acts within the scope of official duties * * *.”
    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.