Medeiros v. O'Connell’s Empirical Analysis

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36 federal appellate · 4 district · 10 state decisions

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

1. “prohibits unreasonable seizures; it is not a general prohibition of all conduct that may be deemed unreasonable, unjustified or outrageous. See, Carter v. Buscher, 973 F.3d 1328 , 1332 (7 th Cir. 1992).”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Clark v. City of Norwalk, No. X01 Cv 93 0146667 (Dec. 10, 1998) · Logan v. Connecticut Lottery Corp., No. X03 Cv 00 0503174 S (Aug. 31, 2001)

2. “the Supreme Court expressed its preference that courts address first the merits of the constitutional claims presented before turning to an analysis of qualified immunity”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hedges v. Musco · Dana Hedges

3. “[a] [violation of the Fourth Amendment requires an intentional acquisition of physical control. A seizure occurs even when an unintended person or thing is the object of the detention or taking, but the detention or taking itself must be willful. This is implicit in the word “seizure,” which can hardly be applied to an unknowing act.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cardona v. Connolly · 213 F. Supp. 2d 184 - Blouin v. Spitzer