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741 F.3d 913 · 2014

Citation profile

16
cited by 16 later decisions
February 2025
most recently cited

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.

  1. “pursue the most prudent course of conduct”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “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 majority
  3. “[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.