Bagley v. Blagojevich’s Empirical Analysis
646 F.3d 378 · 2011
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co. · Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. · Tenney v. Brandhove · United Mine Workers v. Pennington · Dennis v. Sparks
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Government officials are entitled to legislative immunity when their actions 'stripped of all considerations of intent and motive' are legislative.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“To determine whether an act is legislative in form, courts look at whether the defendants acted pursuant to constitutional or statutory procedures.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]hether an act is legislative turns on the nature of the act, rather than on the motive or intent of the official performing it.”
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.