Johnson v. Phillips’s Empirical Analysis
664 F.3d 232 · 2011
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 242 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Pearson v. Callahan · Butz v. Economou · New York v. Belton · West v. Atkins
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The [color of law] element is satisfied if the defendant acts or purports to act in the performance of official duties, even if he oversteps his authority and misuses power.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Campbell v. Reisch“first effected a traffic stop, arrested [a woman], ... searched her car, [and] [t]hen, while wearing a police uniform and operating a police car,”
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.