Trejo v. Perez’s Empirical Analysis
693 F.2d 482 · 1982
Citation profile
69 federal appellate · 2 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 106 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2019 · most notably Devenpeck v. Alford (2004), Moore v. Marketplace Restaurant, Inc. (1985)
69 federal appellate · 2 district · 8 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Pierson v. Ray · Wood v. Strickland · Brown v. Texas · Ohio v. Kentucky
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 106 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whether the conduct that served as the basis for the charge for which there was no probable cause could, in the eyes of a similarly situated reasonable officer, also have served as the basis for a charge for which there was probable cause.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Richardson v. Bonds · Avery v. King“(1) Was the law clearly established at the time? If the answer to this threshold question is no, the official is immune. (2) If the answer is yes, the immunity defense ordinarily should fail unless the official claims extraordinary circumstances and can prove that he neither knew nor should have known that his acts invaded settled legal rights.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]f an arrest lacks probable cause for its support it is, objectively speaking, in violation of clearly established law.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Celeste R. Deary, in No. 83-3408 v. Three Un-Named Police Officers, John Doe, Richard Roe & Jone Snow Department of Public Safety, F.B.I. Agent Ray Patton, & Govt. Of the V.I., Celeste R. Deary, in No. 83-3408 v. United States of America. Celeste R. Deary v. Three Un-Named Police Officers, John Doe, Richard Roe & Jone Snow Department of Public Safety, F.B.I. Agent Ray Patton, & Govt. Of the V.I. Appeal of Government of the Virgin Islands, in 83-3409 · Losch v. Borough of Parkesburg
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.