Drumgold v. Callahan’s Empirical Analysis
707 F.3d 28 · 2013
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Graham v. Connor · United States v. Bagley
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[1] the clarity of the law at the time of the violation [and] [2] whether a reasonable defendant would have understood that his conduct violated the plaintiff's constitutional rights.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As a general rule, '[w]e employ common law tort principles when conducting inquiries into causation under § 1983.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“irrespective of [their] good or bad faith.”
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.