Bellotte v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis
629 F.3d 415 · 2011
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Illinois v. Gates · Graham v. Connor · Mitchell v. Forsyth · United States v. Leon
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is proper only when an issue is (1) inextricably intertwined with the decision of the lower court to deny qualified immunity or (2) consideration of the additional issue is necessary to ensure meaningful review of the qualified immunity question.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“A professed concern for the suspect, grounded in little more than speculation [that he might be a suicide risk], fails to justify the ironic result of a violation of that very suspect's rights [due to officers' failure to knock and announce].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ramirez v. Fonseca“nevertheless present quite distinct factual and legal issues at the retail level”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.