Bryant v. E O'Connor D’s Empirical Analysis
848 F.2d 1064 · 1988
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently July 2016
10 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1985
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Butz v. Economou · Forrester v. White · Contemporary Mission, Inc. v. United States Postal Service
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Appellant invites us to let him proceed with his case and depose almost the entire Kansas judiciary--proceedings that would be disruptive to the administration of justice, based solely on his bare assertions and in the face of strong evidence that he was dismissed for cause. We decline the invitation. We reject Bryant's demand for discovery as a last ditch effort made in the 'hope' that he then will be able to buttress his claims. We hold as we do particularly in light of the policy considerations where a federal judge and judicial officer are charged as defendants.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Duffy v. Wolle“'insubstantial' suits against high public officials should not be allowed to proceed to trial.... Insubstantial lawsuits undermine the effectiveness of government as contemplated by our constitutional structure, and 'firm application of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure' is fully warranted in such cases.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Duffy v. Wolle
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.