Burns v. Eaton’s Empirical Analysis
752 F.3d 1136 · 2014
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Graham v. Connor · Pearson v. Callahan · Malley v. Briggs · Whitley v. Albers
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“involved no warning th[e] force would be used, no apparent purpose other than inflicting pain, use of unnecessary 'super-soaker' quantities of the chemical, refusal to allow the victim to wash off the painful chemical for days, and/or use of additional physical force”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Staples v. Gerry“where ... summary judgment in Eighth Amendment excessive force claims based on pepper spraying”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Staples v. Gerry
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.