Bishop v. Glazier’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 federal appellate · 3 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When a defendant asserts qualified immunity at the summary judgment stage, the plaintiff must produce evidence sufficient to create a genuine issue of fact regarding whether the defendant violated a clearly established right.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Williams v. Mannis · Henderson v. City of Woodbury

2. “Qualified immunity shields government officials from liability and the burdens of litigation in a § 1983 action unless the official's conduct violates a clearly established constitutional or statutory right of which a reasonable person would have known.”

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

3. “within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment and (2) that an officer's use of force was objectively unreasonable given the facts and circumstances of the incident as”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 350 F. Supp. 3d 868 - Deezia v. City of Lincoln