Briscoe v. Lahue’s Empirical Analysis
663 F.2d 713 · 1981
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 27 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 300 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2022 · most notably Papasan v. Allain (1986), Briscoe v. W (1983)
31 federal appellate · 27 district · 2 state decisions
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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Scheuer v. Rhodes · Haines v. Kerner · Imbler v. Pachtman
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 300 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[C]onclusory allegations unsupported by any factual assertions will not withstand a motion to dismiss.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[I]f a probate judge, with jurisdiction over only wills and estates, should try a criminal case, he would be acting in the clear absence of jurisdiction and would not be immune from liability for his action; on the other hand, if a judge of a criminal court should convict a defendant of a nonexistent crime, he would merely be acting in excess of his jurisdiction and would be immune.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[Ajcts committed by a police officer even while on duty and in uniform are not under color of state law unless they are in some way `related to the performance of police duties.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.