384 F. Supp. 1228 - Briggs v. Goodwin’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1391 · 28 U.S.C. § 1404
Relies on Scheuer v. Rhodes · Upper Pecos Ass'n v. Peterson · Reardon v. Meacham · Cooper v. O'Connor · Robichaud v. Ronan
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where, as in this case, a prosecutor is alleged to have committed perjury, an activity beyond the scope of his authority, in clear violation of law and far removed from the discretionary areas of the judicial process traditionally protected by the quasi-judicial immunity doctrine, the Court concludes that this doctrine is not applicable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Briggs v. Goodwin“as a Special Attorney of the United States Department of Justice, he (is), pursuant to the doctrine of quasi-judicial immunity, absolutely immune from any damage action based upon alleged misconduct while acting in such a capacity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Briggs v. Goodwin
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.