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← 15 F. Supp. 2d 433 - Abraham v. Raso

15 F. Supp. 2d 433 - Abraham v. Raso’s Empirical Analysis

1998

Citation profile

5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
July 1999
most recently cited

2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1367 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Graham v. Connor · Tennessee v. Garner

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

  1. “Raso believed that Abraham was trying to hit her or was acting with reckless disregard for whether or not he hit her.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
  2. “he looked right at me. And all I heard and saw was he slammed the accelerator to the floor. And I could see him go back as one would when the vehicle excels, [sic] and you're sitting in the driver's seat.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “slightly from front to back and slightly from above downward.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence

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.