Robins v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stropes Ex Rel. Taylor v. Heritage House Childrens Center of Shelbyville, Inc. · Quakenbush v. Lackey · Tittle v. Mahan · Prell Hotel Corp. v. Antonacci · Delk v. Bd. of Com'rs of Delaware County
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“given the degree of [Stropel's lack of autonomy and his dependence on Heritage for care and the degree of Heritage's control over [Stropes] and the circumstances in which he found himself, we find that Heritage assumed a non-delega-ble duty to provide protection and care so as to fall within the common carrier exception.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“that Sheriff Harris is lable for the assault committed by Soules against Robins and that the Commissioners are not liable for Robin's alleged injuries.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Robins v. Harris“inmates are not precluded from recovering damages from a sheriff for injuries suffered by intentional wrongful acts of jail employees.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. BREASTON v. Books
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.