Goad v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
297 F.3d 497 · 2002
Citation profile
55
cited by 55 later decisions
1
states following
September 2017
most recently cited
17 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A. · Duncan v. Walker
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In civil suits for money damages, government officials are entitled to qualified immunity for discretionary acts that do `not violate clearly established [federal] statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Akers v. Mcginnis · Akers“First, we inquire whether, `[t]aken in the light most favorable to the party asserting the injury, do the facts alleged show the officer's conduct violated a constitutional right?'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Akers v. Mcginnis · Akers“If no constitutional right would have been violated were the allegations established, there is no necessity for further inquiries concerning qualified immunity.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Akers v. Mcginnis · Akers
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.