Skelton v. Henry’s Empirical Analysis
390 F.3d 614 · 2004
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Edelman v. Jordan · Hans v. State of Louisiana · Lapides v. Board of Regents of Univ. System of Ga. · United States v. Sperry Corp.
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“waiver in litigation prevents states from selectively invoking immunity to achieve litigation advantages”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“action in litigation . . . [rather than] on the intention of the state to waive immunity”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“that a counterclaim and third party complaint are not sufficient to waive a claim of Eleventh Amendment immunity asserted in the very same document.”
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.