290 F. Supp. 2d 427 - Green v. Torres’s Empirical Analysis
2003
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 Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Hensley v. Eckerhart · Farrar v. Hobby · Reed v. Aw Lawrence & Co Inc · Quaratino v. Tiffany & Co.
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that the only claims that were ever likely to prevail were those against Detective Torres for false arrest and abuse of process.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Green v. Torres“an overbroad case that he had no realistic expectation of ultimately proving”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Green v. Torres
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.