Ferri v. Ackerman’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3006A (Criminal Justice Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Scheuer v. Rhodes · Haines v. Kerner · Imbler v. Pachtman · Butz v. Economou · Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Since we are here concerned with an asserted immunity protecting a participant in a federal legal proceeding, we are required to look to the federal law to determine whether it exists and if it does, its nature and scope. Howard v. Lyons , 360 U.S. 593 , 79 S.Ct. 1331, 3 L.Ed.2d 1454 (1959). See also Carter v. Carlson , 144 U.S.App.D.C. 388, 391-392, 447 F.2d 358 , 361-362 n. 5 (1971); Chandler v. O'Bryan , 445 F.2d 1045 , 1055 (10th Cir. 1971); Garner v. Rathburn , 346 F.2d 55 , 56 (10th Cir. 1965). As noted by the United States Supreme Court in Howard v. Lyons, supra , the very nature of a ruling of privilege requires reference to the law of the sovereign creating it for a determination of its nature and scope.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ferri v. Ackerman“does not need any more discretion, freedom, or encouragement to exercise his professional judgment and skill than does privately retained counsel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Reese v. Danforth
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.