Walter v. Morton’s Empirical Analysis
33 F.3d 1240 · 1994
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 14 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 79 later decisions — most recently November 2024 · most notably In Re Robert J. Young and Donna M. Young, Debtors. Fowler Brothers v. Robert J. Young and Donna M. Young (1996), Romero v. Fay (1995)
39 federal appellate · 14 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Connick v. Myers · Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination Unit
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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When the defense of qualified immunity has been raised by the defendant, the plaintiff then has the burden to show with particularity facts and law establishing the inference that the defendants violated a constitutional right.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'plaintiff[s] must do more than identify in the abstract a clearly established right and allege that the defendant has violated it.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brasko v. City of Caney Oj Cleland · Karen S. Brasko v. City of Caney, Kansas Bill Jamison Rick Pell Monte Lilburn, and Jeff Atzenhofer O.J. Bridenstine Don Fuqua Bobby Hawthorne Ray Stelfox Laurie Jamison Steve Buster David Estes Gene Vaughan Chad Bradford Mike Hines, Darla Lea Cleland v. City of Caney, Kansas Bill Jamison Rick Pell Monte Lilburn, and Jeff Atzenhofer O.J. Bridenstine Don Fuqua Bobby Hawthorne Ray Stelfox Laurie Jamison Steve Buster David Estes Gene Vaughan Chad Bradford Mike Hines, Karen S. Brasko v. City of Caney, Kansas Rick Pell Monte Lilburn Jeff Atzenhofer O.J. Bridenstine Don Fuqua Bobby Hawthorne Ray Stelfox Laurie Jamison Steve Buster David Estes Gene Vaughan Chad Bradford Mike Hines, and Bill Jamison, Darla Lea Cleland v. City of Caney, Kansas Rick Pell Monte Lilburn Jeff Atzenhofer O.J. Bridenstine Don Fuqua Bobby Hawthorne Ray Stelfox Laurie Jamison Steve Buster David Estes Gene Vaughan Chad Bradford Mike Hines, and Bill Jamison“'then the defendant bears the burden, as a movant for summary judgment, of showing no material issues of fact remain that would defeat the claim of qualified immunity.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.