Buser v. Raymond’s Empirical Analysis
476 F.3d 565 · 2007
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Butz v. Economou · Bettencourt v. Board of Registration in Medicine of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts · Horwitz v. State Board of Medical Examiners · Diblasio v. Novello · Wang v. New Hampshire Board of Registration in Medicine
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'(a) the need to assure that the individual can perform his [or her] functions without harassment or intimidation; (b) the presence of safeguards that reduce the need for private damages actions as a means of controlling unconstitutional conduct; (c) insulation from political influence; (d) the importance of precedent; (e) the adversary nature of the process; and (f) the correctability of error on appeal.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“exceptional situations where it is demonstrated that absolute immunity is essential for the conduct of the public business.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Thus, officials performing quasi-judicial actions are entitled to absolute immunity.”
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.