David L. Joseph v. James H. Rowlen’s Empirical Analysis
402 F.2d 367 · 1968
Citation profile
50 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 91 later decisions — most recently August 1994 · most notably Hampton v. Hanrahan (1979), Whirl v. Kern (1968)
50 federal appellate · 5 district ·
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 Monroe v. Pape · Beck v. State of Ohio · Pierson v. Ray · Tenney v. Brandhove · Michael Cohen v. Russell K. Norris
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 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“against the background of tort liability that makes a man responsible for the natural consequences of his actions.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[Wjhere a police officer makes an arrest which is unlawful under the federal constitution, because made without a warrant and without probable cause to believe that the person arrested had committed or was committing an offense, sec. 1983 imposes on the officer a liability which is recoverable in federal court. Additional circumstances coloring the officer’s action as flagrant or malevolent are not required.” 402 F.2d at 370 .”
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.