Rocket Learning, Inc. v. Rivera-Sánchez’s Empirical Analysis
715 F.3d 1 · 2013
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 20 district ·
Relationships
Applies 20 U.S.C. § 6316 · 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Mitchell v. Forsyth
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) whether the facts alleged or shown by the plaintiff make out a violation of a constitutional right; and (2) if so, whether the right was 'clearly established' at the time of the defendant's alleged violation.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[T]he relevant, dispositive inquiry in determining whether a right is clearly established is whether it would be clear to a reasonable [officer] that his conduct was unlawful in the situation he confronted.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“clarity of the law at the time of the alleged violation”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.