Aitchison v. Raffiani’s Empirical Analysis
708 F.2d 96 · 1983
Citation profile
62 federal appellate · 24 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 133 later decisions — most recently August 2013 · most notably Gavalik v. Continental Can Co. (1987), Garcia v. Wilson (1984)
62 federal appellate · 24 district · 7 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.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Buckley v. Valeo · Butz v. Economou · Carey v. Piphus · Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · City of Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc.
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 133 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“we look to the function the individual performs rather than his location within a particular branch of government”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Official Capacity as Court Administrator of Pennsylvania Alex Bonavitacola, Honorable, Individually and in His Official Capacity as President Judge, Court of Common Pleas Esther Sylvester, Honorable, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Judge, Court of Common Pleas Family Division Vincent Fumo, Honorable, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Pennsylvania State Senator Joseph Diprimio, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Deputy Court Administrator Family Division, Domestic Relations Branch Robert Brady, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chairman, Democratic City Committee John Morris, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Secretary Treasurer of Teamsters Local Union No. 115 Geoff Gallas · Geoff Gallas, v. the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania“because the borough attorney was acting in direct assistance of [the activity] entitled to absolute immunity.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Official Capacity as Court Administrator of Pennsylvania Alex Bonavitacola, Honorable, Individually and in His Official Capacity as President Judge, Court of Common Pleas Esther Sylvester, Honorable, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Judge, Court of Common Pleas Family Division Vincent Fumo, Honorable, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Pennsylvania State Senator Joseph Diprimio, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Deputy Court Administrator Family Division, Domestic Relations Branch Robert Brady, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chairman, Democratic City Committee John Morris, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Secretary Treasurer of Teamsters Local Union No. 115 Geoff Gallas · Bass v. Attardi“the essential nature of the federal claim within the scheme created by the various state statutes of limitation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.