Copeland v. Locke’s Empirical Analysis
613 F.3d 875 · 2010
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Graham v. Connor · Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati · Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown · City of Houston v. Hill
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although the [officer-defendant] presented expert testimony tending to show that [Appellant’s] injuries were a direct result of his pre-existing condition [with his knee], such testimony is for the jury to weigh, and not the judge on summary judgment. Thus, there is a material question of fact regarding whether [Appellant’s] injuries are the result of excessive force, and the court erred in resolving that factual dispute, against [Appellant].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ziesmer v. Hagen
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.