Sanchez v. Swyden’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate ·

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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he official's knowledge of the relevant law need not rise to the level of a 'constitutional scholar.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hare v. City of Corinth, Miss. · Hare ex rel. Hare v. City of Corinth

2. “the deterrent effect that civil liability may have on the willingness of public officials to fully discharge their professional duties”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hare v. City of Corinth, Miss. · Hare ex rel. Hare v. City of Corinth

3. “is a clearly established constitutional right); cf. Brewer v. Wilkinson, 3 F.3d 816 , 825-26 (5th Cir.1993) (stating that most recent decisions of the Supreme Court indicated that opening of prisoners' incoming mail is not a violation of the prisoner's constitutional rights, but opening outgoing mail is a violation), cert. denied, 510 U.S. 1123, 114 S.Ct. 1081, 127 L.Ed.2d 397 (1994); James v. Sadler, 909 F.2d 834 , 838 (5th Cir.1990) (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sanchez v. Swyden