Cornejo v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “deprived [the plaintiff] of rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Laface v. E. Suffolk Boces · Alwan v. City of N.Y.

2. “committed by a person acting under color of state law”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Laface v. E. Suffolk Boces · 351 F. Supp. 3d 410 - Marentette v. City of Canandaigua

3. “[Protective services caseworkers [must] choose between difficult alternatives.... If they err in interrupting parental custody, they may be accused of infringing the parents’ constitutional rights. If they err in not removing the child, they risk injury to the child and may be accused of infringing the child’s rights. It is precisely the function of qualified immunity to protect state officials in choosing between such alternatives, provided that there is an objectively reasonable basis for their decision, whichever way they make it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 63 F. Supp. 3d 301 - Walker ex rel. T.W. v. City of New York