Melson v. Kroger Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
April 1997
most recently cited
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1985
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Rakas v. Illinois · Monroe v. Pape · Adams v. Williams · United States v. Brignoni-Ponce
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he general standard against which the officers’ conduct must be measured is whether their stop of the car and investigation of possible criminal behavior was “reasonable” and “appropriate” in light of all the circumstances and the facts known by the police at the time.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“held liable only where there is essentially a complete failure to train the police force, or training that is so reckless or grossly negligent that future misconduct is almost inevitable.”
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.