Hunt v. Jaglowski’s Empirical Analysis
926 F.2d 689 · 1991
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently October 2016
4 federal appellate · 1 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 Imbler v. Pachtman · Hunter v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. · Lachman v. Illinois State Board of Education · Anderson v. Gutschenritter · United States v. Bucey
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Petrocelli’s function in being present was merely to review, approve or disapprove, and issue the charges the police were seeking. The police had conducted the investigation of this case, as was their function, before Petrocelli was called. Petrocelli was not present during the polygraph test nor the lineup; Petrocelli was not present when Hunt claims he was beaten; and Petrocelli was not present at the particular time Hunt alleges he gave his coerced confession. Like the plaintiff in- Boyd , Hunt’s initial contact with Petrocelli came when Petrocelli was called after Hunt had confessed and the police were seeking review of and approval or disapproval of the charges they were detaining him on. Because this is an act toward “initiating a prosecution and in presenting the State’s ease,” Petrocelli enjoyed absolute immunity. Id. at 693.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In this case, Zehe was not called to the station until long after plaintiff was first detained and the questioning began. In fact, Zehe was not called until after plaintiff had confessed. It is reasonable, indeed desirable, that Zehe question plaintiff himself to verify the confession obtained by the police before making his own decision whether or not to file charges. Zehe did not participate in the decision to interrogate plaintiff for seven hours ... We find, therefore, that Zehe’s actions were part of his quasi-judicial function in gathering and evaluating evidence in order to make a prosecutorial decision whether or not to file charges. • Zehe is absolutely immune from civil liability for his actions in connection with this case. Boyd , at .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“in initiating a prosecution and in presenting the State's case, the prosecutor is immune from a civil suit for damages....”
1 later decision 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.