Fowler v. Block’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
January 2005
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1985
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Malley v. Briggs · Siegert v. Gilley · Hunter v. Bryant
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is no reason why a check for wants and holds needs to occur after a person is released. As Plaintiff's counsel argued, those checks can occur at anytime between the original arrest and the case's ultimate disposition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Berry v. Baca“in the face of [a] state court's `clearly established' release order, it was unreasonable for the [Sheriff] to do more than simply”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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