Ellison v. Balinski’s Empirical Analysis
625 F.3d 953 · 2010
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Illinois v. Gates · Hensley v. Eckerhart · Malley v. Briggs · Boyd v. United States · Duncan v. Walker
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unless the facts alleged would permit a reasonable juror to find that ... the [violated] right was clearly established”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Harris v. Klare
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.