Betts v. Shearman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 7 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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[PJrobable cause exists if a law enforcement officer “received [] information from some person, normally the putative victim or eyewitness, unless the circumstances raise doubt as to the person’s veracity. The reliability or veracity of the informant and the basis for the informant’s knowledge are two important factors.””

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Triolo v. Nassau County · Barnes v. City of N.Y.

2. “probable cause is a complete defense ....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Shaheed v. City of N.Y. · Williams v. Goodfriend

3. “because arguable probable cause existed to arrest Betts, his claims for false arrest, false imprisonment, abuse of process, and malicious prosecution were properly dismissed.”). . In this connection, Basinski’s argument that the Court should divine such a right from by combining the rights of “filming on one hand, • and .., criticism of officers on the other,” implicitly acknowledges that the Second Circuit has not recognized that this activity is protected by the First Amendment. (See PI. Memo at pp. 16-17.) Moreover, Basinsld’s argument that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Basinski v. City of New York