Kompare v. Stein’s Empirical Analysis
801 F.2d 883 · 1986
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 103 later decisions — most recently October 2018 · most notably Archie v. City of Racine (1988), Myers v. Morris (1987)
42 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 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 Brady v. State of Maryland · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Scheuer v. Rhodes · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Parratt v. Taylor
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 103 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The constitutionality of the defendant's conduct cannot be determined by looking to a municipal ordinance. Section 1983 only creates a federal cause of action against those acting under color of state law who cause a deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws of the United States. ... Violations of state statutes or municipal ordinances do not necessarily give one a cause of action under § 1983, nor do they necessarily state a violation of the due process clause.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Qualified immunity is available to government officials performing discretionary functions. Police officers have traditionally been granted qualified immunity in cases challenging police conduct relating to arrest. The medical examiner’s function in performing an autopsy is analogous to that of a police officer investigating a suspected homicide. Therefore, coroners enjoy the same qualified immunity as police officers or other investigators for the state prosecutor.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The nature of criminal investigations is such that police officers ... must be given freedom in which to exercise their discretion as to which leads to follow....”
2 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.