Kenney v. Floyd’s Empirical Analysis
700 F.3d 604 · 2012
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 26 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Graham v. Connor · Scott v. Harris · Garside v. Osco Drug, Inc. · McCarthy v. Northwest Airlines, Inc. · 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene, rather than with 2 In Landol-Rivera v. Cruz Cosme, 906 F.2d 791 (1st Cir. 1990), we held that a hostage was not”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fagre v. Parks“must show that the defendant officer employed force that was unreasonable under the circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fagre v. Parks“too removed in time to qualify as a present sense impression”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.