McArdle v. Tronetti’s Empirical Analysis
961 F.2d 1083 · 1992
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 15 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently December 2014 · most notably Peter J. Hughes, Jr. v. Lynn E. Long Kathleen Lacey Patrick J. McHugh (2001), Geoff Gallas, v. the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (2000)
13 federal appellate · 15 district · 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
Relies on Anderson v. Creighton · Estelle v. Gamble · Imbler v. Pachtman · Pierson v. Ray · Butz v. Economou
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]s such, he was an integral part of the judicial process and is protected by the same absolute judicial immunity that protects Judge Connelly”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Williams v. Consovoy · Official Capacity as Court Administrator of Pennsylvania Alex Bonavitacola, Honorable, Individually and in His Official Capacity as President Judge, Court of Common Pleas Esther Sylvester, Honorable, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Judge, Court of Common Pleas Family Division Vincent Fumo, Honorable, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Pennsylvania State Senator Joseph Diprimio, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Deputy Court Administrator Family Division, Domestic Relations Branch Robert Brady, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chairman, Democratic City Committee John Morris, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Secretary Treasurer of Teamsters Local Union No. 115 Geoff Gallas“(1) He acted in a grossly negligent manner or without probable cause and primarily for a purpose other than that of securing the proper discovery, joinder of parties or adjudication of the claim in which the proceedings are based; and (2) The proceedings have terminated in favor of the person against whom they are brought.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“acted in a grossly negligent manner or without probable clause and primarily for a purpose other than that of securing the proper... adjudication of the claim in which the proceedings are based; and (2) the proceedings have terminated in favor of the person against whom they are brought.”
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.