Martinez v. Carson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 29 district ·

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

1. “Plaintiffs’ arrests and prolonged detentions would not have occurred had Defendants not seized them and transferred them .to the custody of Rio Rancho officers____ Although Defendants may not have foreseen the full extent of the detention, a jury could certainly find that they foresaw at least some additional period of detention while, for instance, the Rio Ran-cho officers conducted an investigation into probable cause.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 108 F. Supp. 3d 963 - A.M. ex rel. Youngers v. New Mexico Department of Health · 148 F. Supp. 3d 1232 - A.M. ex rel. Youngers v. New Mexico Department of Health

2. “'read against the background of tort liability that makes a man responsible for the natural consequences of his actions.' " Martinez v. Carson , 697 F.3d at 1255 (quoting Monroe v. Pape , 365 U.S. 167 , 187, 81 S.Ct. 473 , 5 L.Ed.2d 492 (1961), overruled in part by Monell , 436 U.S. at 663 , 98 S.Ct. 2018 ). "Thus, Defendants are liable for the harm proximately caused by their conduct.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Manzanares v. Roosevelt Cnty. Adult Det. Ctr.

3. “The requisite causal connection is satisfied if [the defendants] set in motion a series of events that [the defendants] knew or reasonably should have known would cause others to deprive [the plaintiffs] of [their] constitutional rights.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Manzanares v. Roosevelt Cnty. Adult Det. Ctr.