Ditullio v. Boehm’s Empirical Analysis
662 F.3d 1091 · 2011
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 6 district ·
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Alaska District Court)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1589 (§ 112 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000) · 18 U.S.C. § 1591 (§ 112 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000) · 18 U.S.C. § 1595 · 18 U.S.C. § 2259 (§ 40113 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994) · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991)
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Landgraf v. USI Film Products · Carey v. Piphus · Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St Cyr · Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Punitive damages are generally appropriate under the [TVPRA] civil remedy provision because [the TVPRA] creates a cause of action for tortious conduct that is ordinarily intentional and outrageous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ross v. Jenkins“We affirm the district court's conclusion that § 1595 cannot be applied retroactively to create liability for conduct that occurred before [the statute was amended].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“follow[s] the 'general rule' that we should award 'any appropriate relief in a cognizable cause of action brought pursuant to a federal statute'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Tanvir v. FNU Tanzin
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.