Comiskey v. JFTJ Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
989 F.2d 1007 · 1993
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 9 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently January 2023 · most notably Ackra Direct Marketing Corp. v. Fingerhut Corp. (1996), Chrysler Corporation v. John J. Carey Joseph P. Danis Carey & Danis, L.L.C. (1999)
18 federal appellate · 9 district · 2 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 Parratt v. Taylor · Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co. · Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee · Farrar v. Hobby · Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“fairly attributable to the State.” Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co., supra at 937, 102 S.Ct. at 2753; Comiskey v. JFTJ Corp., 989 F.2d 1007 (8th Cir.1993). In turn, the "fair attribution” standard has two elements: "first, the deprivation must be caused by the exercise of some right or privilege created by the State or by a rule of conduct imposed by the State or by a person for whom the State is responsible.” Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co., supra at 937, 102 S.Ct. at 2753; Bahr v. County of Martin, 771 F.Supp. 970, 977 (D.Minn.1991). “Second, the party charged with the deprivation must be a person who may fairly be said to be a state actor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nelson v. Butler“Counsel’s disregard of his [or her] professional responsibilities can lead to extinction of his [or her] client’s claims.” Comiskey v. JFTJ Corporation, 989 F.2d 1007 (8th Cir.1993) (quoting Denton v. Mr. Swiss of Mo., Inc., 564 F.2d 236 , 240-41 (8th Cir.1977)). See also, Boogaerts v. Bank of Bradley, 961 F.2d 765, 768 (8th Cir.1992) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“grants a district court the authority to enter a default judgment against a party who abuses the discovery process.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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