McKinney v. Whitfield’s Empirical Analysis
736 F.2d 766 · 1984
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 12 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions — most recently January 2019 · most notably Martin v. Malhoyt (1987), Reuber v. United States (1984)
29 federal appellate · 12 district · 6 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 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Scheuer v. Rhodes · Imbler v. Pachtman · Pierson v. Ray · Butz v. Economou
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“exceed the outer perimeters of their responsibilities, and act manifestly be-yond their line of duty,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“taken ... within the outer perimeter of [their] line of duty”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In a series of mid 1970’s decisions, the Supreme Court generally rejected state officials’ pleas of absolute immunity from civil liability for torts committed in alleged violation of a plaintiff’s constitutional rights. See Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409 , 96 S.Ct. 984 , 47 L.Ed.2d 128 (1976); Wood v. Strickland, 420 U.S. 308 , 95 S.Ct. 992 , 43 L.Ed.2d 214 (1975); Scheuer v. Rhodes, 416 U.S. 232 , 94 S.Ct. 1683 , 40 L.Ed.2d 90 (1974). This series of decisions fueled debate earlier generated in commentary over the soundness, breadth, and continued vitality of Barr. See, e.g., Expeditions Unlimited Aquatic Enterprises, Inc. v. Smithsonian Institution, 566 F.2d 289 , 303 (D.C.Cir.1977) (en banc) (Wilkey, J., concurring), cert. denied, 438 U.S. 915 , 98 S.Ct. 3144 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1160 (1978).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Martin v. Malhoyt
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.