Filler v. Kellett’s Empirical Analysis
859 F.3d 148 · 2017
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Imbler v. Pachtman · Albright v. Oliver · Burns v. Reed · Buckley v. Fitzsimmons · Manuel v. City of Joliet
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Importantly, absolute immunity does not necessarily apply to all actions that a prosecutor may take once the 'judicial phase' begins.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Penate v. Kaczmarek
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.