McBeth v. Himes’s Empirical Analysis
598 F.3d 708 · 2010
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 29 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. § 1985
Relies on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Pearson v. Callahan · Johnson v. Jones · Hartman v. Moore
Most-quoted passages
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“presented] the same difficulties in tracing the chain of causation as Hartman did.” Id. We expressly ''[did] not hold that the Hartman rule is applicable to 'ordinary' retaliation claims.” Id. at 720 . 14 . Notably, no party asserts on appeal that the law on retaliatory arrests was not”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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