Clifton v. Cox’s Empirical Analysis
549 F.2d 722 · 1977
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 7 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2015 · most notably Arizona v. Manypenny (1981), 94 Wash. 2d 531 - State v. Williams (1980)
30 federal appellate · 7 district · 3 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 18 U.S.C. § 1385 · 18 U.S.C. § 3109 · 21 U.S.C. § 878 (§ 508 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1442 · 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Scheuer v. Rhodes · Younger v. Harris · Pierson v. Ray · Steffel v. Thompson · Barr v. Matteo
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[1]f the prisoner is held in the state court to answer for an act which he was authorized to do by the law of the United States, which it was his duty to do as marshal of the United States, and if, in doing that act, he did no more than what was necessary and proper for him to do, he cannot be guilty of a crime under the law of the state of California.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'he had an honest and reasonable belief that what he did was necessary in the performance of his duty ... then he is entitled to the relief he seeks'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] federal official cannot be held personally liable in tort for 'acts committed within the outer perimeter of his line of duty.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Owyhee Grazing Association, Inc. v. William O. Field, Oscar Field, Terry Field, Newton Wright, Roy Draper, Chetstahn, Butch Glenski, Keith Johnson, Sherman Nesbitt, Frank Pike, Mrs. Frank(darcell) Pike, and All Others, Individuals, Purporting to Act as Members, Shareholders,officers or Directors of the Owyhee Grazing Association, Inc., and Gerald Cunningham and Gary Cunningham, Owyhee Brazing Association, Inc. v. William O. Field, Oscar Field, Terry Field, Gerald Cunningham, Gary Cunningham, Newton Wright, Roy Draper, Chet Stahn, Butch Glenski, Keith Johnson, Shermannesbitt, Frank Pike, Mrs. Frank (Darcell) Pike, and All Others, Individuals,purportingto Act as Members, Shareholders, Officers or Directors of the Owyhee Grazingassociation, Inc., and Elwood Thueson, Gaylord K. Harward and the Owyhee County Office of the Farmershome Administration, Owyhee Grazing Association, Inc. v. William O. Field, Oscar Field, and Terry Field, and Newton Wright, Roy Draper, Chet Stahn, Butch Glenski, Keith Johnson, Shermannesbitt, Frank Pike, Mrs. Fran (Darcell) Pike, and All Others, Individuals,purporting to Act as Members, Shareholders, Officers or Directors of the Owyheegrazingassociation, Inc. · Owyhee Grazing Ass'n v. Field
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.