Thompson v. Connick’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate ·

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

1. ““First: The District Attorney was certain that prosecutors would confront the situation where they would have to decide which evidence was required by the constitution to be provided to an accused[;] “Second: The situation involved a difficult choice, or one that prosecutors had a history of mishandling, such that additional training, supervision, or monitoring was clearly needed[; and] “Third: The wrong choice by a prosecutor in that situation will frequently cause a deprivation of an accused’s constitutional rights.” App. 828.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Connick v. Thompson

2. “our standard of review with respect to a jury verdict is especially deferential. As such, judgment as a matter of law should not be granted unless the facts and inferences point so strongly and overwhelmingly in the movant’s favor that reasonable jurors could not reach a contrary conclusion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Thompson v. Connick

3. “What does “Deliberate” Indifference mean? Does it mean intentional or would “Failure to monitor” be considered Deliberate?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Thompson v. Connick