Roberts v. Manson’s Empirical Analysis
876 F.2d 670 · 1989
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Mathews v. Weber · American Trading Transportation Co. v. Escobar · Wingo v. Wedding · DeCosta v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · Muhich v. Allen
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the district judges are willing to experiment with the assignment to magistrates of other functions in aid of the business of the courts, there will be increased time available to judges for the careful and unhurried performance of their vital and traditional adjudicatory duties, and a consequent benefit to both efficiency and the quality of justice in the Federal courts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“limited by the accompanying provisions and the overall structure of section 636(b)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Clark v. Poulton
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.