Thomas v. Cumberland County’s Empirical Analysis
749 F.3d 217 · 2014
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 10 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Brady v. State of Maryland · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Farmer v. Brennan · City of Canton v. Harris
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in the light most favorable to the non-moving party and draw all reasonable inferences in that party's favor.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[l]iability in single-incident cases depends on '[t]he likelihood that the situation will recur and the predictability that an officer lacking specific tools to handle that situation will violate citizens' rights.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'ordinarily necessary' " for a complaint to allege facts establishing "[a] pattern of similar constitutional violations by untrained employees.”
3 later decisions 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.