Sloman v. Tadlock’s Empirical Analysis
21 F.3d 1462 · 1994
Citation profile
64 federal appellate · 11 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 133 later decisions — most recently December 2024 · most notably Blankenhorn v. City of Orange (2007), Lacey v. Maricopa County (2012)
64 federal appellate · 11 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Hensley v. Eckerhart · Mitchell v. Forsyth · 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 133 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“deterred or chilled [Skove's] political speech and such deterrence was a substantial or motivating factor in [Smith's] conduct.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Victor Menotti Thomas Sellman Todd Stedl Doug Skove v. City of Seattle Paul Schell, Former Mayor of the City of Seattle Norman Stamper, Former Chief of Police of the City of Seattle Sharon Stevens, a Seattle Police Detective Ronald Smith, a Seattle Police Officer, Kenneth Hankin Jennifer Hudziec Stephanie Lane Denise Cooper Nicole Pearson on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. City of Seattle Paul Schell, Former Mayor of the City of Seattle Norman Stamper, Former Chief of Police of the City of Seattle · Mendocino Environmental Center v. Mendocino County“`[E]valuating the reasonableness of human conduct is undeniable within the core area of jury competence.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“immunity 'ordinarily should be decided by the court' and should not 'routinely' be sent to the jury,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3752, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 6115 Jeanette Reynolds, as Administrator of the Estate of Paul Reynolds, Deceased, and Individually v. County of San Diego Jeffrey Jackson, Jim Roache, Sheriff, Denise Reynolds v. County of San Diego Jeffrey Jackson, Jim Roache, Sheriff · Reynolds ex rel. Estate of Reynolds v. County of San Diego
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.