Mueller v. Tinkham’s Empirical Analysis
162 F.3d 999 · 1998
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently February 2024 · most notably Scott Sexton v. Ronald Martin City of Des Peres Missouri (2000), Koch v. Rugg (2000)
20 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Anderson v. Creighton · United States v. Leon · Franks v. Delaware · Malley v. Briggs
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“on appeal that their actions were objectively reasonable in light of their knowledge at the time of the incident”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“abstract issues of law and does not extend to arguments concerning the sufficiency of evidence.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]e affirm the denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity if there exists a genuine issue of material fact or the moving party is not entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.