Hoyt v. Cooks’s Empirical Analysis
672 F.3d 972 · 2012
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Creighton · Pearson v. Callahan · Hope v. Pelzer · Lee v. Ferraro · Vinyard v. Wilson
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because we find that the illegality of Cooks's and Harkleroad's behavior was not clearly established at the time, we need not decide whether there was a constitutional violation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nelson v. Lott“imperviousness to pain, great strength, bizarre behavior, aggression, and hallucinations”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nelson v. Lott
How this case has been treated — in progress
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