White v. Bloom’s Empirical Analysis
621 F.2d 276 · 1980
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 78 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2020 · most notably Dennis v. Sparks (1980), LRL Properties v. Portage Metro Housing Authority (1995)
43 federal appellate · 6 district ·
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. § 242 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1985
Relies on Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Haines v. Kerner · Imbler v. Pachtman · Pierson v. Ray · Preiser v. Rodriguez
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the [district] court is under a duty to examine the complaint to determine if the allegations provide for relief on any possible theory.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. White v. Walsh · Smith v. Bacon“Complaints will be sustained against private persons who conspire with immune public officials if the allegations of conspiracy are sufficiently specific.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. White v. Walsh · Smith v. Bacon“The relevant cases demonstrate that the factors determining whether an act by a judge is a “judicial” one relate to the nature of the act itself, i.e., whether it is a function normally performed by a judge, and to the expectations of the parties, i.e., whether they dealt with the judge in his judicial capacity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Liles v. Reagan
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.