Royster v. Nichols’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 1 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““All claims that law enforcement officers have used excessive force, whether deadly or not, in the course of an arrest, investigatory stop, or other seizure are analyzed under the Fourth Amendment’s objective reasonableness standard.” Nance v. Sammis, 586 F.3d 604 , 609-10 (8th Cir.2009). “Not every push or shove violates the Fourth Amendment, but force is excessive when the officers’ actions are not objectively reasonable in light of the facts and circumstances confronting them.” Rohrhough v. Hall, 586 F.3d 582 , 585 (8th Cir.2009) (quotations, alteration, and citation omitted). “The key question is whether the officers’ actions are objectively reasonable in light of the facts and circumstances confronting them, without regard to their underlying intent or motivation.” Nance, 586 F.3d at 610 (quotations and citation omitted). “Objective reasonableness depends on the facts and circumstances of the case, including the severity of the crime at issue, whether the suspect poses an immediate threat to the safety of the officers or others, and whether he is actively resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest by flight.” Rohrbough, 586 F.3d at 586 (quotations and citations omitted).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith ex rel. Kolski v. City of Brooklyn Park

2. “cannot avoid minimal further investigation if it would have exonerated the suspect.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Johnson v. City of Minneapolis