Robinson v. Washington County’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2 district · 17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently December 2012
2 district · 17 state decisions
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)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Estelle v. Gamble · Bell v. Wolfish · Ingraham v. Wright · Polk County v. Dodson
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A governmental entity is liable for its negligent acts or omissions in the construction, operation or maintenance of any public building or the appurtenances to any public building. Notwithstanding this subsection, a governmental entity is not liable for any claim which results from: A. The construction, ownership, maintenance or use of: (1) Unimproved land; (2) Historic sites, including, but not limited to, memorials ...; or (3) Land, buildings, structures, facilities or equipment designed for use primarily by the public in connection with public outdoor recreation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“is to assure that the notice will be received by an official having authority to deal with plaintiffs' claim or that the official receiving the notice is one charged with the duty of transmitting the notice to the proper officials.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“purport[] to notify the [Town of Kittery] of [C. Leslie Hall's] intention to bring a civil action against the [Town of Kittery] and/or their officers, employees, and agents.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.