Damon v. Hukowicz’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Terry v. Ohio · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Pearson v. Callahan
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In an abuse of process claim, in contrast to a claim for malicious prosecution, such a motive does not alone suffice to show ulterior purpose.FN 35 Rather, the ulterior purpose must be to gain some collateral advantage....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“an interference, or an attempt to interfere, with 'rights secured by the constitution or laws of either the United States or Massachusetts'”
1 later decision 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.