Campbell v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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

1. “A § 1983 claim of false imprisonment requires a showing of [facts satisfying the prima facie elements of both] common law false imprisonment and a due process violation under the Fourteenth Amendment. See Cannon v. Macon County, 1 F.3d 1558, 1562-63 (11th Cir.1993), modified on other grounds, 15 F.3d 1022 (1994). The elements of corn mon law false imprisonment are an intent to confine, an act resulting in confinement, and the victim’s awareness of confinement. See id. at 1562 n. 3. The Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause includes the “right to be free from continued detention after it was or should have been known that the detainee was entitled to release.” Id. at 1563; West v. Tillman, 496 F.3d 1321, 1327 (11th Cir.2007) (per curiam). To establish a due process violation, [the plaintiff] must prove that [the defendant] acted with deliberate indifference. See Tillman, 496 F.3d at 1327 . This means that [the defendant] had subjective knowledge of a risk of serious harm and disregarded that risk by actions beyond mere negligence. See id.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cruz v. Green · Purvis v. City of Atlanta

2. “by evidence of (1) “a custom or policy that results in deliberate indifference to constitutional rights,” (2) “facts that support an inference that the supervisor! ] directed the subordinates to act unlawfully or knew that the subordinates would act unlawfully and failed to stop them from doing so,” or (3) “a history of widespread abuse” that notified the supervisor of the need to correct the alleged deprivation, but [s]he failed to do so.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Woodburn v. Florida Department of Children & Family Services · Woodburn v. State of Florida Department of Children & Family Services

3. “[T]he test for excessiveness is whether the terms of release are designed to ensure a compelling interest of the government, and no more.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Knight v. Sheriff of Leon Cnty.