Dellenbach v. Letsinger’s Empirical Analysis
889 F.2d 755 · 1989
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 1 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably Brokaw v. Mercer County (2000), Geoff Gallas, v. the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (2000)
30 federal appellate · 1 district · 8 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 Mitchell v. Forsyth · Pierson v. Ray · Carnegie v. United States · Stump v. Sparkman · Briscoe v. W
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“effect that exposure to particular forms of liability would likely have on the appropriate exercise of those functions.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in the clear absence of all jurisdiction.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“danger that disappointed litigants, blocked by the doctrine of absolute immunity from suing the judge directly [would] vent their wrath on clerks, court reporters, and other judicial adjuncts.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.