Schlothauer v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis
757 F.2d 196 · 1985
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Payton v. New York · Parratt v. Taylor · Pierson v. Ray · Baker v. McCollan
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he evidence, together with all of the reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom, is to be viewed in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Robert W. Froemming, David D. Owen, Paul J. Sentman and Bruce F. Thompson v. Gate City Federal Savings and Loan Association, Robert W. Froemming, David D. Owen, Paul J. Sentman and Bruce F. Thompson v. Arvid P. Benson, Robert W. Froemming, David D. Owen, Paul J. Sentman and Bruce F. Thompson v. Sun Service Company, a North Dakota Corporation, Robert W. Froemming, David D. Owen, Paul J. Sentman and Bruce F. Thompson v. Warren T. Cowgill · Froemming v. Gate City Federal Savings & Loans Ass'n“was not clearly established, an official could not reasonably be expected to anticipate subsequent legal developments, nor could he fairly be said to 'know' that the law forbade conduct not previously identified as unlawful.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Galyon v. Alexander“clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nelson v. Balazic
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.