Hamilton v. Leavy’s Empirical Analysis
322 F.3d 776 · 2003
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 9 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Anderson v. Creighton · Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Farmer v. Brennan
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Reconsideration of a previously decided issue may, however, be appropriate in certain circumstances, including when the record contains new evidence. [City of Philadelphia Litig., 158 F.3d] at 718; Bridge v. United States Parole Comm’n, 981 F.2d 97, 103 (3d Cir.1992). This exception to the law of the case doctrine makes sense because when the record contains new evidence, “the question has not really been decided earlier and is posed for the first time.” Bridge, 981 F.2d at 103 . But this is so only if the new evidence differs materially from the evidence of record when the issue was first decided and if it provides less support for that decision. City of Philadelphia Litig., 158 F.3d at 720 . Accordingly, if the evidence at the two stages of litigation is “substantially similar,” or if the evidence at the latter stage provides more support for the decision made earlier, the law of the case doctrine -will apply. Id.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“quasi-judicial immunity” for circumstances in which a defendant is "acting in a role that is functionally comparable to that of a judge, rather than under the authority of a court order.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“we review the legal issues in light of the facts that the District Court determined had sufficient evidentiary support for summary judgment purposes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Light v. Haws
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.