Graves v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
450 F.3d 1215 · 2006
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 40 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · City of Canton v. Harris · County of Sacramento v. Lewis · California v. Hodari D.
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 82 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] plaintiff asserting a § 1983 claim must show '1) the existence of a municipal policy or custom and 2) a direct causal link between the policy or custom and the injury alleged.' Through 'its deliberate conduct,' the municipality must have been the 'moving force' behind the injury.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If an officer is momentarily detaining a person in order to make an inquiry so as to determine his identity and obtain more information, and is in no way attempting to restrain him of his liberty or take him into custody, then the stop does not constitute an arrest, but, rather, is an investigatory detention.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We do not leave the determination of whether there is a legal basis for a traffic stop to the driver. 'To hold otherwise could encourage persons to resist the police and create potentially violent and dangerous confrontations.”
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.