Leapheart v. Williamson’s Empirical Analysis
705 F.3d 310 · 2013
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Tenney v. Brandhove · Prentis v. Atlantic Coast Line Co. · Bogan v. Scott-Harris · James Rudolph Garfield v. United States Ex Rel Ida Allison No 249 James Rudolph Garfield
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] legislator's potential or alleged motives are wholly irrelevant to [the] determination of whether [a legislator is] entitled to legislative immunity”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Olson v. Lesch“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“whether, stripped of all considerations of intent and motive, the actions were legislative.”
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.