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Saul v. Larsen’s Empirical Analysis

847 F.2d 573 · 1988

Citation profile

9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
January 1992
most recently cited

8 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1442

Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Barr v. Matteo · Forrester v. White · Gregoire v. Biddle · Westfall v. Erwin

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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “'to ensure a federal forum in any case where a federal officer is entitled to raise a defense arising out of his official duties.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “... any act under color of such office. ...”
    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.