Brunken v. Lance’s Empirical Analysis
799 F.2d 337 · 1986
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
January 1993
most recently cited
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Younger v. Harris · Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · Kentucky v. Graham · Daniels v. Williams
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“4. Each and all of the acts of the Defendants alleged herein were done by Defendants and each of them, not as individuals, but under the color and pretense of the statutes, regulations, customs and usages of the State of Illinois, and under their authority as employees of the State of Illinois.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Brunken v. Lance
How this case has been treated — in progress
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