Rateree v. Rockett’s Empirical Analysis
852 F.2d 946 · 1988
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 10 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 94 later decisions — most recently July 2020 · most notably Negron-Gaztambide v. Hernandez-Torres (1994), Felix Figueroa-Serrano et al Hon Angel Ramos-Alverio et al (2000)
31 federal appellate · 10 district · 4 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 Pierson v. Ray · Davis v. Passman · Tenney v. Brandhove · Forrester v. White · Lake Country Estates, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
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 94 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Absolute immunity, however, only applies to those legislators acting in their legislative capacity.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. McCann v. Brady · Ira Iglesia De La Biblia Abierta v. William Banks, C.L.U.B. (Civil Liberties for Urban Believers), Christ Center, Christian Covenant Outreach Church, His Word Ministries to All Nations, Christian Bible Church, Church on the Way Praise Center, Monte De Sion (Mount Zion) Church, and Living Word Ministries v. Patrick Huels“accomplished through traditional legislative functions”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[B]udgetmaking is a quintessential legislative function, reflecting the legislators’ ordering of policy priorities in the face of limited financial resources. When budgets are cut materially in an industry as labor-intensive as that of local government, some people will almost surely lose their jobs. But that does not convert a budget cut into an “administrative” employment decision____ Almost all budget decisions have an effect on employment by either creating or eliminating positions or by raising or lowering salaries. This reality, however, does not transform a uniquely legislative function into an administrative one.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.