Chuman v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
960 F.2d 104 · 1992
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2023 · most notably Behrens v. Pelletier (1996), Padgett v. Wright (2009)
13 federal appellate · 6 district ·
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
Relies on Mitchell v. Forsyth · Vandygriff v. Phillips · Hannahville Indian Community v. United States · Stewart v. Donges · Apostol v. Gallion
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Should the district court find that the defendants' claim of qualified immunity is frivolous or has been waived, the district court may certify, in writing, that defendants have forfeited their right to pretrial appeal, and may proceed with trial”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“the district court is automatically divested”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.