Newcomb v. Brennan’s Empirical Analysis
558 F.2d 825 · 1977
Citation profile
59 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 118 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2018 · most notably Branti v. Finkel (1980), 142 Ill. 2d 495 - Fellhauer v. City of Geneva (1991)
59 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 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))
Relies on Perry v. Sindermann · Buckley v. Valeo · Elrod v. Burns · Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley · Williams v. Rhodes
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 118 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[C]ity ordinances fall within the category of `common knowledge' and are therefore proper subjects for judicial notice.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“functions in a highly discretionary role. He cannot perform his job by the simple exercise of ministerial competence. Rather, many of the decisions that he makes will involve implementation of the policies of the city attorney's office as a whole. Some of these decisions will actually create policy.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a battleground in which little was accomplished, to the detriment of the citizens ....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.