Kinney v. Kalfus’s Empirical Analysis
25 F.3d 633 · 1994
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Estelle v. Gamble · Fields v. Gander · Foulks v. Cole County
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.
“genuine issue of material fact whether a reasonable official would have known his actions violated [a constitutional] right.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Benjamin A. Anderson
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.