Broudy v. Mather’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 301 (Department of Veterans Affairs Act) · 38 U.S.C. § 5103A · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Anderson v. Creighton · Imbler v. Pachtman · Butz v. Economou
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“government officials performing discretionary functions generally are shielded from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Broudy v. Mather“`perform[ed] functions closely associated with the judicial process'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Broudy v. Mather“resulted from exposure to radiation in service,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Broudy v. Mather
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.