Shekleton v. Eichenberger’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions

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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “unarmed suspected misdemeanant, who did not resist arrest, did not threaten the officer, did not attempt to run from him, and did not behave aggressively towards him.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Zubrod v. Hoch · Kelsay v. Ernst

2. “at the time of the incident [in Brown], we had not yet had an opportunity to determine whether an officer’s use of a taser on a nonviolent, nonfleeing misdemeanant was an excessive use of force. However, the right to be free from excessive force dates back to the adoption of the Bill of Rights of our Constitution, as it is a clearly established right under the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable seizures of the person....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hollingsworth v. City of St. Ann

3. “and discharged the taser at the plaintiff. Id. The electric charge into the plaintiff's chest and rib cage caused him to fall face-first to the ground; he suffered minor head injuries. Id. The plaintiff was handcuffed and arrested for public intoxication and interference with official acts. Id. But the charges against the plaintiff were subsequently dropped. Id.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kelsay v. Ernst