Lumley v. City of Dade City’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 1 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Once the defendants establish that they were acting within their discretionary authority, the burden shifts to the plaintiff to demonstrate that qualified immunity is not appropriate.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. George A. Williams v. Cons. City of Jacksonville · Gray ex rel. Alexander v. Bostic

2. “[e]ach count incorporates by reference the allegations of the preceding counts and thus includes allegations that are irrelevant to the cause(s) of action the count ostensibly states”); Strategic Income Fund, 305 F.3d at 1295 (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Weiland v. Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

3. “Under qualified immunity analysis, the public official must first prove that he was acting within the scope of his discretionary authority when the allegedly unconstitutional acts took place.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Holloman ex rel. Holloman v. Harland