Feathers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 8 state decisions

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

1. “First, we determine whether, based upon the applicable law, the facts viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs show that a constitutional violation has occurred. Second, we consider whether the violation involved a clearly established constitutional right of which a reasonable person would have known. Third, we determine whether the plaintiff has offered sufficient evidence to indicate that what the official allegedly did was objectively unreasonable in light of the clearly established constitutional rights.”

   32 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Watts v. Antkoviak · Bultema v. Benzie County

2. “'The question is whether, at the moment that they initiated the stop, the totality of the circumstances provided the officers with the reasonable suspicion required in order to detain a citizen under Terry.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 250 N.C. App. 714 - State v. Mangum · 388 F. Supp. 3d 901 - United States v. Trevino

3. “[A]n action's unlawfulness can be apparent from direct holdings, from specific examples described as prohibited, or from the general reasoning that a court employs.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Thompson v. City of Oakwood · 904 F. Supp. 2d 785 - Eibel v. Melton