Ashbrook v. Hoffman’s Empirical Analysis
617 F.2d 474 · 1980
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 7 district · 20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 103 later decisions — most recently February 2024 · most notably Myers v. Morris (1987), Reed Rbk v. Village of Shorewood (1983)
24 federal appellate · 7 district · 20 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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 15 U.S.C. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act)
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Imbler v. Pachtman · Stump v. Sparkman · Bradley v. Fisher · Pargoud 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 103 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'lightning rod for harassing litigation' aimed at the court.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“intimately related to the judicial process.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An analysis of a partition commissioner’s official duties leads us to the conclusion that they are sufficiently related to the judicial process to entitle them to quasi-judicial absolute immunity for their official acts. A partition proceeding is in the nature of a judicial proceeding; it begins with a complaint and results in a judicial decree of partition .... Commissioners are appointed by a court, their duties are defined by statute, and the court reviews their conduct____ The commissioners make a judgment whether the lands for which partition is sought may be divided without damage to the owners____ The commissioners prepare a report of partition which is read in open court, and if confirmed by the coqrFTs entered in the record book.... The partitiomeommissioners, under the supervision of the court, exercise discretion in the conduct of quasi-judicial proceedings. The commissioners serve as instruments or arms of the court leading to the issuance of a judicial decree of partition.... In total these factors suggest an integral relationship with the judicial process entitling partition commissioners to absolute quasi-judicial immunity for acts in furtherance of their official duties.”
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.