David Pershell v. Shawn Martin’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
April 2022
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Graham v. Connor · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Pearson v. Callahan · Duncan v. Walker · SAUCIER v. KATZ Et Al.
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although Pershell was unable to see the officers standing above and behind him at the precise moment of the blows to his body, he has provided significant information about the location and conduct of the officers based on his own sensory observations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fazica v. Jordan“[t]hese sources will provide the jury with sufficient information to determine the liability of each individual defendant for the alleged constitutional violation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fazica v. Jordan“those in which the plaintiff lacked sufficient information to name responsible defendants or to offer an informed account of the facts,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fazica v. Jordan
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.