Lacey v. Yates County’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Imbler v. Pachtman · Albright v. Oliver
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.
“the defendant officers must have fabricated evidence in light of the plaintiff's version of the events and his ultimate acquittal ... are insufficient to counter the presumption of probable cause, and to allow a court to draw the reasonable inference that the grand jury's indictment was a result of fraud or other misconduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Parker v. Blackerby“An appearance in a local criminal court, even when required pursuant to a criminal summons, does not amount to confinement that will support a false arrest claim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“District courts have not hesitated to dismiss ... claims that fail to rebut the presumption of probable cause that arises from a grand jury indictment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Parker v. Blackerby
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.