Segrain v. Duffy’s Empirical Analysis

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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.

1. “Clearly established means that, at the time of the [official's] conduct, the law was sufficiently clear that every reasonable official would understand that what they are doing is unlawful.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Heredia v. Roscoe · Wadsworth v. MSAD 40/RSU 40

2. “[T]o determine whether qualified immunity applies in a given case, we must determine: (1) whether a public official has violated a plaintiff's constitutionally protected right; and (2) whether the particular right that the official has violated was clearly established at the time of the violation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Heredia v. Roscoe

3. “[I]t is not enough merely to mention a possible argument in the most skeletal way, leaving the court to do counsel's work, create the ossature for the argument, and put flesh on its bones.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wadsworth v. MSAD 40/RSU 40