VanHorn v. Oelschlager’s Empirical Analysis
502 F.3d 775 · 2007
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently April 2023
1 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Kentucky v. Graham · Alkire v. Irving · Johnson v. Outboard Marine Corp. · Davis v. Hall
Most-quoted passages
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“only extends to claims against government employees sued in their individual capacities.” Van Horn v. Oelschlager, 502 F.3d 775, 778 (8th Cir.2007); see Johnson v. Outboard Marine Corp., 172 F.3d 531, 535 (8th Cir.1999) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[c]ase law from our sister circuits also supports the conclusion that absolute, quasi-judicial immunity only extends to claims against defendants sued in their individual-not official-capacities”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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