Anderson v. Branen’s Empirical Analysis
17 F.3d 552 · 1994
Citation profile
112 federal appellate · 29 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 326 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably Lennon v. Miller (1995), Perry v. Ethan Allen, Inc. (1997)
112 federal appellate · 29 district · 2 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
Relies on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Graham v. Connor · United States v. Frady · Tennessee v. Garner · California State Board of Equalization v. Western Marina Corp.
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 326 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is widely recognized that all law enforcement officials have an affirmative duty to intervene to protect the constitutional rights of citizens from infringement by other law enforcement officers in their presence.”
28 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A jury instruction is erroneous if it misleads the jury as to the correct legal standard or does not adequately inform the jury on the law.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Lloyd's & Companies Accident and Casualty Insurance Co. Of Winterthur the Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. American Motorists Insurance Company Andrew Weir Insurance Co., Ltd. Argonaut-Northwest Insurance Co. Bermuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. British National Insurance Company California Union Insurance Company Centennial Insurance Co. Columbia Casualty Employers Insurance of Wausau English & American Insurance Company Ltd. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company Great American Insurance Company Highlands Insurance Company Home Insurance Company Insurance Company of North America Liberty Mutual Insurance London & Overseas Insurance Co., Ltd. Lumbermans Mutual Casualty Co. Midland Insurance Co., Mission Insurance Company Mutual Reinsurance Company Ltd. National American Insurance Company of New York Orion Insurance Co. Ltd. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company Southern American Insurance Co. Sovereign Marine and General Insurance Company, Ltd. Transit Casualty Insurance Company United Standard Insurance Co. Ltd. Walbrook Insurance Company Ltd. Hanover Insurance Company Utica Mutual Insurance Company Alba General Insurance Co., Ltd. Anglo-French Insurance Co., Ltd. Anglo Saxon Insurance Co. Ltd. Aviation & General Insurance Co. Bishopsgate Insurance Co. Ltd. British Aviation Insurance Co. Ltd. City General Insurance Co. Cornhill Insurance Company Limited Delta Lloyd Non-Life Insurance Co., Ltd. Dominion Insurance Co. Limited Drake Insurance Co. Ltd. Eagle Star Insurance Co., Ltd Edinburgh Assurance Co., Ltd. Excess Insurance Co., Ltd. Fidelidade Insurance Co. Of Lisbon Helvetia Accident Swiss Insurance Co. Hull Underwriters Association Ltd. Lombard Insurance Co., Ltd. London & Edinburgh Insurance Company, Ltd. London & Edinburgh General Insurance Co., Ltd. Minster Insurance Co. Ltd. Motor Union Insurance Co. Ltd. National Casualty Company National Casualty Co. Of America Ltd. New India Assurance Company Ltd. New London Reinsurance Co. Ltd. River Thames Insurance Company Limited Royal Scot Insurance St. Katherine Insurance Co. Ltd. Scottish Lion Insurance Co. Ltd. Southern Insurance Co. Ltd. Sphere Insurance Co. Ltd. Stronghold Insurance Company, Ltd. Swiss National Insurance Co. Swiss Union General Insurance Company, Ltd. The Threadneedle Insurance Co. Ltd. Trent Insurance Co. Ltd. Turegum Insurance Company Unionamerica Insurance Co. Ltd. Vanguard Insurance Co. Ltd. "Winterthur" Swiss Insurance Co. World Auxiliary Insurance Corporation Ltd. World Marine Insurance Corporation Ltd. Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. (u.k.) Ltd. Accident and Casualty Insurance Co. Stephen Merrett and Allan Peter Denis Haycock Individually or Through Their Heirs, Executors or Administrators, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Similar Situated Underwriters, Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London Northbrook Excess & Surplus Insurance Continental Casualty Company American Home Assurance Company Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, Commercial Union Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees · District Council 37, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees v. New York City Department of Parks & Recreation“An erroneous instruction, unless harmless, requires a new trial.”
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.