Doris Thompson v. Bryan Hubbard’s Empirical Analysis

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18 federal appellate · 5 district ·

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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Thompson turned and looked at him while the two were in close proximity and moved as though reaching for a weapon . . .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Partridge v. City of Benton · Billingsley v. City of Omaha

2. “We conclude that summary judgment was appropriate in this case because [the shooting officer's] use of force, as he describes it, was within the bounds of the Fourth Amendment, and all of the evidence presented to the district court is consistent with that account. The plaintiffs may not stave off summary judgment armed with only the hope that the jury might disbelieve witnesses' testimony.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Zubrod v. Hoch

3. “[a]n officer is not constitutionally required to wait until he sets eyes upon the weapon before employing deadly force to protect himself against a fleeing suspect who turns and moves as though to draw a gun.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Billingsley v. City of Omaha