Ivey L. Garner, Jr. v. Ralph N. Rathburn’s Empirical Analysis
346 F.2d 55 · 1965
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 6 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2017 · most notably Ferri v. Ackerman (1979), Dewell v. Lawson (1974)
24 federal appellate · 6 district · 2 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 Barr v. Matteo · Bradley v. Fisher · Spalding v. Vilas · Pargoud v. United States · Gregoire v. Biddle
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The federal standard of immunity indicates that officials of the Federal Government are not personally liable for alleged torts which result from acts done within the framework or scope of their duties which necessarily involve the exercise of discretion which public policy requires be made without fear of personal liability.” 346 F.2d at 56 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Belveal v. Bray“even to so-called minor officials of the government.”
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.