Jacobson v. McCormick’s Empirical Analysis
763 F.3d 914 · 2014
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Pearson v. Callahan · Duncan v. Walker · SAUCIER v. KATZ Et Al. · Wilson v. Layne · Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada Humboldt County et al.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To overcome qualified immunity, a plaintiff typically must identify either 'cases of controlling authority in their jurisdiction at the time of the incident' or 'a consensus of cases of persuasive authority such that a reasonable officer could not have believed that his actions were lawful.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“two decisions from other circuits did not place [an] issue beyond debate”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lane v. Nading
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.