338 F. Supp. 2d 48 - Barham v. Ramsey’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 7 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Conley v. Gibson · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]t worst, Chief Ramsey knew the dispersal order had not been given and thus deliberately flaunted [sic] existing law and MPD policies; at best, he turned a `blind eye' to the situation and refused to ask the questions necessary to ascertain whether arrests were constitutionally permitted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Barham v. Ramsey“if, after a reasonable amount of time following the final warning, the crowd continues in its refusal to disperse, the unit commander shall direct that the violators be arrested.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Barham v. Ramsey“would recognize the need — and indeed the duty — to ask a subordinate officer whether a dispersal order had been given prior to ratifying a mass arrest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Barham v. Ramsey
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.