Sun v. Forrester’s Empirical Analysis
939 F.2d 924 · 1991
Citation profile
1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently May 2014
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 28 U.S.C. § 1915
Relies on Neitzke v. Williams · Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal. · Dennis v. Sparks · Watson v. Ault · Clark v. State of Georgia Pardons and Paroles Board
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] judge is absolutely immune from suit in performing his judicial responsibilities”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Schlosser v. Coleman
How this case has been treated — in progress
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