Canales v. Gatzunis’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
6 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Estelle v. Gamble · Edelman v. Jordan · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the defendant intended to inflict emotional distress, or knew or should have known that emotional distress would likely result, (2) the defendant's conduct was extreme and outrageous to the extent that it was utterly intolerable in a civilized society, (3) the defendant's conduct caused the plaintiff's distress, and (4) the plaintiff sustained severe emotional distress.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“While the MTCA authorizes certain negligence actions against public employers, it 'simultaneously shields public employees from personal liability for negligent conduct.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Madison v. Cruz“acting within the scope of [their] office or employment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Madison v. Cruz
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.