Corbitt v. Andersen’s Empirical Analysis
778 F.2d 1471 · 1985
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably Phelps v. Wichita Eagle-Beacon (1989), Merritt v. Mackey (1987)
24 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Paul v. Davis · Wilson v. Garcia · Griffin v. Breckenridge
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'foreclosed his freedom to take advantage of other employment opportunities.' ... The jury heard sufficient evidence regarding the initial health and worth of Corbitt's private practice and could reasonably conclude that [the defendant's] actions weakened and devaluated it.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he views of a resident federal district judge concerning the local law of his home state are entitled to some deference by an appellate court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“reputation alone, apart from some more tangible interests such as employment,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. No. 85-2819
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.