Robert W. Phillips v. William R. Nash’s Empirical Analysis
311 F.2d 513 · 1962
Citation profile
35
cited by 35 later decisions
4
states following
July 1976
most recently cited
21 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Monroe v. Pape · Gaines v. State of Washington · Asher v. Ruppa · Stift v. Lynch · 23 Ill. 2d 313 - The People v. Bryarly
Most-quoted passages
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““We are convinced that Congress never intended, by the enactment of the Civil Rights Act, to open the federal courts to suits to be brought by those persons who have been prosecuted by a State’s Attorney and who claim that such official acted with malice, or otherwise did not fully comply with his official duties. We should not, by judicial fiat, convert what would otherwise be ordinary state-law claims for false imprisonment, malicious prosecution or assault and battery into Civil Rights cases merely on the basis of conelusory allegations in a complaint that constitutional rights have been violated.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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