Akins v. Epperly’s Empirical Analysis
588 F.3d 1178 · 2009
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Pearson v. Callahan · Malley v. Briggs · County of Sacramento v. Lewis · Duncan v. Walker
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) evidence that the state actor attempted to coerce or threaten the defendant, (2) evidence that investigators purposefully ignored evidence suggesting the defendant's innocence, [and] (3) evidence of systematic pressure to implicate the defendant in the face of contrary evidence”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Johnson v. Moody · Bell v. Neukirch“An officer's negligent failure to investigate inconsistencies or other leads is insufficient to establish conscience-shocking misconduct.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Johnson v. Moody · Bell v. Neukirch“intentionally and recklessly failed to investigate, thereby shocking the conscience.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Johnson v. Moody · Bell v. Neukirch
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.