Doe v. Flaherty’s Empirical Analysis
623 F.3d 577 · 2010
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 6 district ·
Relationships
Applies 20 U.S.C. § 1681 (§ 901 of the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Pearson v. Callahan · Johnson v. Jones · Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District · Kincade v. City of Blue Springs
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.
“First, "whether the facts alleged, construed in the light most favorable to [the plaintiff], establish a violation of a constitutional or statutory right," and second, "whether that right was clearly established at the time of the alleged violation, such that a reasonable official would have known that her actions were unlawful."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If the answer to either question is no, then [a defendant] is entitled to qualified immunity.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.”
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.