Slicker v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis
215 F.3d 1225 · 2000
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 121 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably Lee v. Ferraro (2002), Vinyard v. Wilson (2002)
39 federal appellate · 1 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
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Carey v. Piphus · Memphis Community School District v. Stachura · Post v. City of Fort Lauderdale · O'Neill v. Krzeminski
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 121 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“even though he was handcuffed and did not resist, attempt to flee, or struggle with the officers in any way”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[C]ompensatory damages in a § 1983 suit [must] be based on actual injury caused by the defendant rather than on the 'abstract value' of the constitutional rights that may have been violated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a § 1983 plaintiff alleging excessive use of force is entitled to nominal damages even if he fails to present evidence of compensable injury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Oliver v. Falla
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.