Nelson v. County of Wright’s Empirical Analysis
162 F.3d 986 · 1998
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably Baribeau v. City of Minneapolis (2010), Wilson v. Spain (2000)
19 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Graham v. Connor · North Carolina v. Alford
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he question is whether the officer's actions are 'objectively reasonable' in light of the facts and circumstances confronting them, without regard to their underlying intent or motivation.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Even when the facts are viewed in the light most favorable to [the plaintiff], it is clear that the physical fight was intense and that there would have been little time for the officer to reflect as the situation quickly escalated. [The plaintiff] now tries to analyze the brief struggle as if the incident were composed of distinct and separate segments. At the time, however, it was uncertain what would happen next. The situation was tense and “rapidly evolving.” An “officer’s actions are not to be assessed with 20/20 hindsight” when he was faced with the need to make instantaneous decisions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Parks v. Pomeroy“[A] public official charged by law with duties which call for the exercise of his judgment or discretion is not personally liable to an individual for damages unless he is guilty of a willful or malicious wrong.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Joseph v. Donahue
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.