Miller v. DeLaune’s Empirical Analysis
602 F.2d 198 · 1979
Citation profile
50
cited by 50 later decisions
May 1987
most recently cited
21 federal appellate · 8 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Butz v. Economou · Barr v. Matteo · Spalding v. Vilas · Howard v. Lyons · Birnbaum v. United States
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““... we believe that current law compels the conclusion that a Government official such as appellee here, acting within the outer perimeter of his or her line of duty, is absolutely immune from state or common-law liability.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“which cannot be resolved at the pleading stage.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Otto v. Heckler
How this case has been treated — in progress
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