Thomas v. Kaven’s Empirical Analysis
765 F.3d 1183 · 2014
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 14 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Pearson v. Callahan · Imbler v. Pachtman
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A right is clearly established in this circuit when a Supreme Court or Tenth Circuit decision is on point, or if the clearly established weight of authority from other courts shows that the right must be as the plaintiff maintains.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“At the motion-to-dismiss stage, we must accept all the well-pleaded allegations of the complaint as true and must construe them in the light most favorable to the plaintiff.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'the defendant's [alleged conduct] violated a constitutional or statutory right'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Moya v. Garcia · Moya v. Garcia
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.