Greer v. Ivey’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Anderson v. Creighton · Graham v. Connor · Pearson v. Callahan
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 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although Plaintiff asked that Christopher be evaluated for a Baker Act, and [the police officer] indicated that Christopher's mental health would be handled, this does not change the fact that [the officer] was engaged in the enforcement of law and protection of the public safety.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Anderson v. Snyder“not logically fall within any of the Trianon categories save for category IV, 'providing professional, educational, and general services for the health and welfare of ... citizens.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Anderson v. Snyder“that government liability may not be established unless there is a common law or statutory duty of care owed by the government to the individual rather than to the general public.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Anderson v. Snyder
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.