Rolleston v. Eldridge’s Empirical Analysis
848 F.2d 163 · 1988
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently October 2013
7 federal appellate ·
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 District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman · Stump v. Sparkman · Jurldine A. Donaldson v. Paul v. Clark · Clark v. Florida · Wood v. Orange County
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A judge is absolutely immune from liability for his judicial acts even if his exercise of authority is flawed by the commission of grave procedural errors.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Official Capacity as Court Administrator of Pennsylvania Alex Bonavitacola, Honorable, Individually and in His Official Capacity as President Judge, Court of Common Pleas Esther Sylvester, Honorable, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Judge, Court of Common Pleas Family Division Vincent Fumo, Honorable, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Pennsylvania State Senator Joseph Diprimio, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Deputy Court Administrator Family Division, Domestic Relations Branch Robert Brady, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chairman, Democratic City Committee John Morris, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Secretary Treasurer of Teamsters Local Union No. 115 Geoff Gallas · Geoff Gallas, v. the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania“Even assuming that Judge Eldridge had not followed procedural rules, his action would still be within his jurisdiction.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Official Capacity as Court Administrator of Pennsylvania Alex Bonavitacola, Honorable, Individually and in His Official Capacity as President Judge, Court of Common Pleas Esther Sylvester, Honorable, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Judge, Court of Common Pleas Family Division Vincent Fumo, Honorable, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Pennsylvania State Senator Joseph Diprimio, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Deputy Court Administrator Family Division, Domestic Relations Branch Robert Brady, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chairman, Democratic City Committee John Morris, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Secretary Treasurer of Teamsters Local Union No. 115 Geoff Gallas · Geoff Gallas, v. the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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.