Brown v. Callahan’s Empirical Analysis
623 F.3d 249 · 2010
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Graham v. Connor · City of Canton v. Harris · Duncan v. Walker · SAUCIER v. KATZ Et Al. · Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown
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 128 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A qualified immunity defense alters the usual summary judgment burden of proof.”
19 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Summary judgment is required if the movant establishes that there are no genuine issues of material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“it would be clear to a reasonable officer that his conduct was unlawful in the situation he confronted .”
1 later decision 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.