Bruce v. Riddle’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Tenney v. Brandhove · Village of Belle Terre v. Boraas · Fletcher v. Peck · 293 F. Supp. 237 - Shellburne, Inc. v. New Castle County · Conway v. CITY OF GREENVILLE, SC
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.
“"no legislator can be expected to discharge his duties with the resolution and dedication they require unless he is freed from the constant threat of legal action and potential monetary liability for each exercise of his legislative judgment." Bruce v. Riddle, 464 F. Supp. 745, 748-49 (D.S.C. 1979).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“not inconsistent with the ... legislative immunity”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hollyday v. Rainey
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.