Dominguez v. Sancha’s Empirical Analysis

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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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “First, the plaintiff must identify either "controlling authority" or a "consensus of cases of persuasive authority" sufficient to signal to a reasonable officer that particular conduct would violate a constitutional right. This inquiry "must be undertaken in light of the specific context of the case, not as a broad general proposition." The aim is to ensure that the state of the law is sufficiently specific to give fair and clear warning to government officials. The second sub-part asks whether a reasonable officer in the defendant's position would have known that his conduct violated the established rule.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dominguez v. Figueroa Sancha

2. “(1) that a criminal action was initiated or instigated by the defendants; (2) that the criminal action terminated in the favor of plaintiff; (3) that defendants acted with malice and without probable cause; and (4) that plaintiff suffered damages.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dominguez v. Figueroa Sancha

3. “when the period of false imprisonment ends, any unlawful detention thereafter 'forms part of the damages for the entirely distinct tort of malicious prosecution.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dominguez v. Figueroa Sancha