Elizabeth Mills v. L. K. Small, M.D.’s Empirical Analysis
446 F.2d 249 · 1971
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently December 2014
7 federal appellate · 5 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 Russell M. Smith v. John J. Cremins, Jr., John F. Mahon, Jr. · Michael Arthur Donovan v. Earl Reinbold and Harley Askew, Michael Arthur Donovan v. Earl Reinbold and Harley Askew · Burkes v. Callion
Most-quoted passages
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“8 (Emphasis added.) 4 Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint as amended, again insisting that it failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, 5 but this time claiming (1) that the plaintiff's action was barred by the statute of limitations, and (2) that the defendants acted in a quasi-judicial capacity and hence are immune from liability for damages. The district court granted the defendants' motion and dismissed the amended complaint, this time with prejudice. In its order the district court stated that: 9”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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