522 F. Supp. 2d 667 - Drummond v. Castro’s Empirical Analysis
2007
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Illinois v. Gates · Graham v. Connor · Baker v. McCollan
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he existence of probable cause to arrest constitutes justification and is a complete defense to an action for false arrest....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he presence of probable cause is a complete defense to an action for malicious prosecution under § 1983 or state law.”
1 later decision 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.