Corales v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 state decisions

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.

1. “there must be enough doubt for a reasonable trier of fact to find for the [non-moving party].”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jane Doe 1 v. Nielsen · Finjan, Inc. v. Blue Coat Sys., LLC

2. ““Supervisory liability is imposed against a supervisory official in his individual capacity for his own culpable action or inaction in the training, supervision, or control of his subordinates, for his acquiescence in the constitutional deprivations of which the complaint is made, or for conduct that showed a reckless or callous indifference to the rights of others.” Preschooler II v. Clark County Sch. Bd. of Trustees, 479 F.3d 1175 , 1183 (9th Cir.2007) (quoting Menotti v. City of Seattle, 409 F.3d 1113, 1149 (9th Cir.2005)). In a section 1983 claim, “a supervisor is liable for the acts of his subordinates ‘if the supervisor participated in or directed the violations, or knew of the violations of subordinates and failed to act to prevent them.’ ” Preschooler II, 479 F.3d at 1182 (quoting Taylor v. List, 880 F.2d 1040, 1045 (9th Cir.1989)). “The requisite causal connection may be established when an official sets in motion a ‘series of acts by others which the actor knows or reasonably should know would cause others to inflict’ constitutional harms.” Id. at 1183 (quoting Johnson v. Duffy, 588 F.2d 740, 743 (9th Cir.1978)).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 99 F. Supp. 3d 1212 - Johnson v. City of Vallejo

3. “To state a claim for negligence in California, a plaintiff must establish the following elements: (1) the defendant had a duty, or an 'obligation to conform to a certain standard of conduct for the protection of others against unreasonable risks,' (2) the defendant breached that duty, (3) that breach proximately caused the plaintiff's injuries, and (4) damages.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dent v. Nat'l Football League