Jones v. Clinton’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on United States v. Nixon · William Marbury v. James Madison · M'Culloch v. State of Maryland · Nixon v. Fitzgerald · Kendall v. United States ex rel. Stokes
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.
“To protect the Office of President, however, from the potential harm that could result from unfettered civil litigation, and to give effect to the policy of separation of powers, it is necessary to provide that the President cannot be tried in the context presented he until he leaves office.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Schramek v. Jones“temporary or limited immunity from trial,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jones v. Clinton
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.