Foster v. Armontrout’s Empirical Analysis
729 F.2d 583 · 1984
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
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 Monroe v. Pape · Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · Rideout v. United States · Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY v. Tomanio · Occidental Life Insurance Company of California v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n action against a sheriff, coroner, or other officer, upon a liability incurred by the doing of an act in his official capacity and in virtue of his office * * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Buford v. Tremayne“to any action against a sheriff, coroner, or other officer acting in his or her official capacity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Buford v. Tremayne
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.