Raley v. Main’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · McMillian v. Monroe County · Aland v. Graham · Hutchinson v. Board of Trustees of University of Alabama · 555 So. 2d 81 - Phillips v. Thomas
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"It is true that the opinion in the 1971 case of Aland v. Graham, 287 Ala. 226, 229-30 , 250 So.2d 677, 679 (1971), quoted in Patterson v. Gladwin Corp., 835 So.2d 137, 142 (Ala.2002), ... was worded in such a way as to leave open the possibility that the exception for declaratory-judgment actions is not limited to actions against State officials. It is my conclusion, however, that cases such as Aland have not been careful in their articulation of this exception to sovereign immunity, particularly in light of the absolute immunity that it is now well established extends both to the State and to State agencies."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““The trial court’s judgment was based on undisputed facts and documentary evidence. Thus, rather than apply the standard of review generally applicable to a declaratory judgment, we will apply a de novo standard of review. See Alfa Mut. Ins. Co. v. Small, 829 So.2d 743, 745 (Ala.2002) (holding that ‘[o]ur review of a declaratory judgment is generally governed by the ore tenus standard of review. However, in cases such as this, where there are no disputed facts and where the judgment is based entirely upon documentary evidence, no such presumption of correctness applies; our review is de novo.’).””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]hat the State of Alabama shall never be made a defendant in any court of law or equity.”
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.