Ashcroft v. al-Kidd’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
578 federal appellate · 278 district · 54 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3144 (Bail Reform Act of 1984)
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Anderson v. Creighton · Pearson v. Callahan
Cited together with Pearson v. Callahan · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Graham v. Connor
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 1,810 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“all but the plainly incompetent or those who knowingly violate the law.”
90 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“existing precedent must have placed the statutory or constitutional question beyond debate.”
86 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Qualified immunity shields federal and state officials from money damages unless a plaintiff pleads facts showing (1) that the official violated a statutory or constitutional right, and (2) that the right was 'clearly established' at the time of the challenged conduct.”
77 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.