Harman v. Pollock’s Empirical Analysis
586 F.3d 1254 · 2009
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Anderson v. Creighton · Payton v. New York · Pearson v. Callahan · Malley v. Briggs
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he contours of the right must be sufficiently clear such that an objectively reasonable officer would understand that what she is doing violates that right.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Shauf v. Rios“the clearly established weight of authority from other courts shows that the right must be as plaintiff maintains.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Shauf v. Rios“Malley v. Briggs , 475 U.S. 335 , 343, 106 S.Ct. 1092 , 89 L.Ed.2d 271 (1986), and protects”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Barnes v. Fedele
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.