Rossiter v. Potter’s Empirical Analysis
357 F.3d 26 · 2004
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 13 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably United States v. Jiménez-Beltre (2006), Rathbun v. Autozone, Inc. (2004)
11 federal appellate · 13 district ·
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 Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters · Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · Delaware State College v. Ricks · Carlson v. Green
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'when a statement in a judicial decision is essential to the result reached in the case, it becomes part of the court's holding.' The result, along with those portions of the opinion necessary to the result, are binding.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“courts generally have applied state statutes of limitations to Bivens actions notwithstanding the fact that such actions lie only against federal officers.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“well within whatever statute of limitation might apply,” 500 U.S. at 8 , 111 S.Ct. 1562 — is dicta, stating,”
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.