Helton v. Clements’s Empirical Analysis
787 F.2d 1016 · 1986
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently June 2024 · most notably Jacquez v. Procunier (1986), Errol Lynch v. Joseph S. Cannatella, Jr. (1987)
51 federal appellate · 2 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
Relies on Mitchell v. Forsyth · Abney v. United States · Elliott v. Perez
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] defendant's entitlement under immunity doctrine [is] to be free from suit and the burden of avoidable pretrial matters .... ”). 7 .There are”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a refusal to rule on a claim of immunity, like the explicit denial of a claim of immunity, is also immediately appealable under the collateral order doctrine.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]here are simply no further steps that can be taken in the District Court to avoid the trial the defendant maintains is barred.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Robert Workman Judy Workman v. Sheriff Ed Jordan, in Both His Individual Capacity and Official Capacities Captain Michael Miller, in His Official Capacity David Worden, in His Individual and Official Capacities Weld County by and Through the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, and Undersheriff Rick Dill, in Both His Individual and Official Capacities, Robert Workman Judy Workman v. Sheriff Ed Jordan, in Both His Individual Capacity and Official Capacities David Worden, in His Individual and Official Capacities, and Undersheriff Rick Dill, in Both His Individual and Official Capacities Captain Michael Miller, in His Official Capacity Weld County by and Through the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, Sheriff Ed Jordan Undersheriff Rick Dill David Worden v. Richard P. Matsch, District Judge, and Robert Workman and Judy Workman, Real Parties in Interest · Workman
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.