Younes v. Pellerito’s Empirical Analysis
739 F.3d 885 · 2014
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Scott v. Harris · Ciminillo v. Streicher · Chappell v. City of Cleveland · Phillips v. Roane County · Bletz v. Gribble
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“establishes] that (1) the employee’s challenged acts were undertaken during the course of employment and that the employee was acting, or reasonably believed he was acting, within the scope of his authority, (2) the acts were undertaken in good faith, and (3) the acts were discretionary, rather than ministerial, in nature.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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