Retz v. Seaton’s Empirical Analysis
741 F.3d 913 · 2014
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Graham v. Connor · Atchinson v. District of Columbia · Cole v. Bone · Chew v. Gates · United States v. Serrano-Lopez
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“pursue the most prudent course of conduct”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“for the fact that police officers are often forced to make split-second judgments-in circumstances that are tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving-about the amount of force that is necessary in a particular situation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rokusek v. Jansen“[A] district court's decision to reject a proposed jury instruction also is reviewed for an abuse of discretion.”
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.