Finigan v. Marshall’s Empirical Analysis
574 F.3d 57 · 2009
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Pearson v. Callahan · Singer v. Fulton County Sheriff · Golino v. City of New Haven · Salim I/o v. Proulx · Walczyk v. Rio
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“incorrectly assume[s] that an officer must have proof of each element of a crime and negate any defense”
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.