80 F. App'x 116 - Hamrick v. Brusseau’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
6 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2680
Relies on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Brooklier v. United States · Clark v. Library of Congress · Mississippi Industries v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · Joiner v. Diamond M Drilling Co.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the United States has not waived sovereign immunity with respect to actions for damages based on violations of constitutional rights by federal officials, whether brought against the United States directly ..., or against officers sued in their official capacities.”
1 later decision 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.