Boyd v. Benton County’s Empirical Analysis
374 F.3d 773 · 2004
Citation profile
45 federal appellate · 15 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 134 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably Blankenhorn v. City of Orange (2007), Mattos v. Agarano (2011)
45 federal appellate · 15 district · 6 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 Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Graham v. Connor · Duncan v. Walker
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 134 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the absence of binding precedent, we look to whatever decisional law is available to ascertain whether the law is clearly established for qualified immunity purposes, including decisions of state courts, other circuits, and district courts.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“does not require that each officer's actions themselves rise to the level of a constitutional violation.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“it cannot be a reasonable use of force under the Fourth Amendment to throw [a flash-bang grenade] 'blind' into a room occupied by innocent bystanders absent a strong governmental interest, careful consideration of alternatives and appropriate measures to reduce the risk of injury”
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.