Darlak v. Bobear’s Empirical Analysis
814 F.2d 1055 · 1987
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently November 2013 · most notably Schultea v. Wood (1995), Brennan v. Stewart (1988)
33 federal appellate · 1 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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Edelman v. Jordan · Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) whether state statutes and case law characterize the agency as an arm of the state; (2) the sources of funds for the entity; (3) the degree of local autonomy the entity enjoys; (4) whether the entity is concerned with local, as opposed to statewide, problems; (5) whether the entity has authority to sue and be sued in its own name; (6) whether the entity has the right to hold and use property.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is well-settled in this circuit that a physician's staff privileges may constitute a property interest protected by the due process clause....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lowe v. Scott
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.