Dellums v. Powell’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Imbler v. Pachtman · Butz v. Economou · Baker v. McCollan · Davis v. Passman
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When the state's machinery is misdirected for the express purpose of violating a substantive constitutional right, * * * no society-wide interest in law enforcement can outweigh the imperative of a remedy in the courts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dellums v. Powell“not fall within the 'initiating a prosecution and presenting the State's case' scope of Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409 , 431 (96 S.Ct. 984, 995-96, 47 L.Ed.2d 128) (1976).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dellums v. Powell“(w)hether Mr. Mitchell can avail himself of a prosecutorial immunity defense must await further development of the facts in the case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dellums v. Powell
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.