Elder-Keep v. Aksamit’s Empirical Analysis
460 F.3d 979 · 2006
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 12 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1746 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Kentucky v. Graham · Pfeil v. Rogers · Kuha v. City of Minnetonka · Rogers v. City of Little Rock · Emmit Broadway v. Larry Norris
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] suit against a public official in his official capacity is actually a suit against the entity for which the official is an agent.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a statement reduced to writing and the truth of which is sworn to before someone who is authorized to administer an oath.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[M]otions for reconsideration are nothing more than Rule 60(b) motions when directed at non-final orders.”
2 later decisions 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.