Guerra v. Sutton’s Empirical Analysis
783 F.2d 1371 · 1986
Citation profile
46 federal appellate · 6 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 79 later decisions — most recently June 2020 · most notably Act Up!/Portland v. Bagley (1992), Mendocino Environmental Center v. Mendocino County (1999)
46 federal appellate · 6 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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Payton v. New York · Baker v. McCollan · Davis v. Scherer
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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“ma[k]e inquiry as to the nature and scope of [the] warrant,”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Joseph R. Ramirez Julia L. Ramirez Joshua Ramirez Regina Ramirez v. Butte-Silver Bow County John McPherson Sheriff of Butte-Silver Bow County Joe Lee, Undersheriff of Butte-Silver Bow County John Does 1-50, in Their Individual And/or Official Capacities, and Jeff Groh, Special Agent With the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Joseph R. Ramirez Julia L. Ramirez Joshua Ramirez Regina Ramirez v. Butte Silver Bow County John McPherson Sheriff of Butte-Silver Bow County Joe Lee, Undersheriff of Butte-Silver Bow County Jeff Groh, Special Agent With the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms John Does 1-50, in Their Individual And/or Official Capacities · Ramirez“require[ ] cooperation and division of labor,”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ramirez v. Butte-Silver Bow County · Joseph R. Ramirez Julia L. Ramirez Joshua Ramirez Regina Ramirez v. Butte-Silver Bow County John McPherson Sheriff of Butte-Silver Bow County Joe Lee, Undersheriff of Butte-Silver Bow County John Does 1-50, in Their Individual And/or Official Capacities, and Jeff Groh, Special Agent With the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Joseph R. Ramirez Julia L. Ramirez Joshua Ramirez Regina Ramirez v. Butte Silver Bow County John McPherson Sheriff of Butte-Silver Bow County Joe Lee, Undersheriff of Butte-Silver Bow County Jeff Groh, Special Agent With the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms John Does 1-50, in Their Individual And/or Official Capacities““(1) when the judgment will serve a useful purpose in clarifying and settling the legal relations in issue, and (2) when it will terminate and afford relief from the uncertainty, insecurity, and controversy giving rise to the proceeding.” Bilbrey by Bilbrey v. Brown, 738 F.2d 1462, 1470 (9th Cir.1984).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.