Ermini v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
2017
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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. · Graham v. Connor · Franks v. Delaware · Payton v. New York · 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.
“In deciding whether probable cause exists, an officer is 'not required to sift through conflicting evidence or resolve issues of credibility, so long as the totality of the circumstances present a sufficient basis for believing that an offense has been committed.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“substantially altered the law governing justifiable use of force by abrogating the common law duty to retreat before resorting to deadly force in self-defense”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[a]n officer ... need not take 'every conceivable step ... at whatever cost, to eliminate the possibility of convicting an innocent person.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.