Cooney v. Rossiter’s Empirical Analysis
583 F.3d 967 · 2009
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 70 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2022 · most notably Swanson v. Citibank, N.A. (2010), 91 Fed. Cl. 412 - Dobyns v. United States (2010)
6 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Fowler v. UPMC Shadyside · Ciambriello v. County of Nassau · Moss v. U.S. Secret Service
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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Guardians ad litem and court-appointed experts, including psychiatrists, are absolutely immune from liability for damages when they act at the court's direction. [Citations.] They are arms of the court, much like special masters, and deserve protection from harassment by disappointed litigants, just as judges do. Experts asked by the court to advise on what disposition will serve the best interests of a child in a custody proceeding need absolute immunity in order to be able to fulfill their obligations `without the worry of intimidation and harassment from dissatisfied parents.' [Citation.] This principle is applicable to a child's representative, who although bound to consult the child is not bound by the child's wishes but rather by the child's best interests, and is thus a neutral, much like a court-appointed expert witness." Cooney, 583 F.3d at 970 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“conspiracy allegations were often held to a higher standard than other allegations; mere suspicion that persons adverse to the plaintiff had joined a conspiracy against him or her was not enough.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“occurred within the course of [the child representative's] court-appointed duties.”
1 later decision 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.