Sexton v. Gibbs’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 federal appellate · 5 district · 6 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““at the moment the arrest was made, the officers had probable cause to make it — whether at that moment the facts and circumstances within their knowledge and of which they had reasonably trustworthy information were sufficient to warrant a prudent man in believing that the [person arrested] had committed or was committing an offense.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 346 F. Supp. 390 - Taylor v. McDonald · 360 F. Supp. 156 - Paulson v. State of Florida

2. “(t)here is no doubt that Plaintiff suffered humiliation, embarrassment and discomfort”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Carey v. Piphus · Owen v. Lash

3. “willful or malicious violations of Constitutional rights”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stolberg v. Members of the Board of Trustees