Rasanen v. Doe’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions

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

1. “A party who objects to an instruction ... must do so on the record, stating distinctly the matter objected to and the grounds for the objection.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Beastie Boys v. Monster Energy Co. · 362 F. Supp. 3d 153 - Feeley v. City of New York

2. “A person has the right, under the United States Constitution, to be free from the use of excessive force. A police officer is entitled to use reasonable force. A police officer is not entitled to use any force beyond what is necessary to accomplish a lawful purpose. Reasonable force may include the use of deadly force. A police officer may use deadly force against a person if a police officer has probable cause to believe that the person poses a significant threat of death ‘or serious physical injury to the officer or others. In determining whether the police officer used reasonable force, the actions of the police officer are measured by the test of what a reasonable and prudent police officer would have done under the same circumstances confronting the police officer without regard to the police officer’s underlying subjective intent or motivation. That means the evil intentions will not be considered excessive force if the force used was in fact reasonable. On the other hand, an officer’s good intentions will not make the use of excessive force constitutional. The reasonableness of a particular use of force must be judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene rather than with hindsight. The nature of reasonableness must allow for the fact that police officers are often forced to make split-second judgments under circumstances that are tense, uncertain and rapidly evolving about the amount of force that is necessary in a particular situation. This reason”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Callahan v. Wilson

3. “A police officer is entitled to use reasonable force. A police officer is not entitled to use any force beyond what is necessary to accomplish a lawful purpose. Reasonable force may include the use of deadly force. A police officer may use deadly force against a person if a police officer has probable cause to believe that the person poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others. :”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Callahan v. Wilson