Schlagler v. Phillips’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2403 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Younger v. Harris · Broadrick v. Oklahoma · Dombrowski v. Pfister · Samuels v. J Mackell Fernandez · Golden Pacific Bancorp v. United States
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.
“where a prosecution or proceeding has been brought to retaliate for or to deter constitutionally protected conduct, or where a prosecution or proceeding is otherwise brought in bad faith or for the purpose to harass.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[b]ecause of the important First Amendment interests that § 240.30(1) places at risk, the Court declines to abstain in this case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“confirms that this prosecution is tainted by objective bad faith and should be stopped dead in its tracks.”
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.