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601 F.3d 640 · 2010

Citation profile

147
cited by 147 later decisions
1
states following
May 2025
most recently cited

22 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 state decisions

Appellate journey

reviewedthe decision below (from Kentucky Western District Court)

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Graham v. Connor · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Pearson v. Callahan

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

  1. “[e]ach defendant's liability must be assessed individually based on his own actions.”
    11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “(1) actively participated in the use of excessive force, (2) supervised the officer who used excessive force, or (3) owed the victim a duty of protection against the use of excessive force.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “[t]he contours of the right must be sufficiently clear that a reasonable official would understand that what he is doing violates that right.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.