Roberts v. Ferman’s Empirical Analysis
826 F.3d 117 · 2016
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
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 Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Catlin v. United States · Poulis v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · Westinghouse Securities Litigation Md · Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[T]he law of the case doctrine does not limit the power of trial judges to reconsider their prior decisions,' but ... when a court does so, it must explain on the record why it is doing so and 'take appropriate steps so that the parties are not prejudiced by reliance on the prior ruling.'”
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.