Rorex v. Traynor’s Empirical Analysis
771 F.2d 383 · 1985
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2017 · most notably Doe v. Chao Secretary of Labor (2004), Venen v. United States (1994)
18 federal appellate · 5 district ·
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 26 U.S.C. § 6103 · 26 U.S.C. § 6331 · 26 U.S.C. § 7217
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Fitzpatrick v. Internal Revenue Service · Rogers v. Allis-Chalmers Credit Corp.
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'clearly established statutory or constitutional rights.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“his official duties relating to ... collection activity,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“We do not think that hurt feelings alone constitute actual damages compensable under [26 U. S. C. § 7217(c)]. Accordingly, the jury's award of $30,000 in actual damages must be vacated. The taxpayers are each entitled to the statutory minimum award of $1,000.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.