Hicks v. Norwood’s Empirical Analysis
640 F.3d 839 · 2011
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915A · 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Graham v. Connor · Greenlaw v. United States · Robert Schmid v. United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners Of America · Wilson v. Spain · Floyd v. City of Detroit
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is settled in this circuit that the Fourth Amendment's 'objective reasonableness' standard for arrestees governs excessive-force claims arising during the booking process.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[O]ur holding that Captain Norwood did not use excessive force is fatal to Hicks's claims that the remaining defendants unconstitutionally failed to intervene.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene, rather than with the 20/20 vision of hindsight.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Parrish v. Dingman
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.