Tatum v. Morton’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Chaplinsky v. State of New Hampshire · Cox v. State of Louisiana · New York Times Company v. United States · Schenck v. United States
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[T]he police officer need not allege and prove probable cause in the constitutional sense. . . . [He] must allege and prove . . . that he believed, in good faith, that his conduct was lawful [and] that his belief was reasonable. And so we hold that it is a defense to allege and prove good faith and reasonable belief in the validity of the arrest . . ..” 456 F.2d at 1348 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Shifrin v. Wilson
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.