Hunt v. Massi’s Empirical Analysis
773 F.3d 361 · 2014
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 13 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Creighton · Graham v. Connor · Pearson v. Callahan · Scott v. Harris · Duncan v. Walker
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.
“First, [the Court] inquire[s] whether the facts, taken most favorably to the party opposing summary judgment, make out a constitutional violation. Second, [the Court] inquire[s] whether the violated right was clearly established at the time that the offending conduct occurred. The second, "clearly established," step itself encompasses two questions: whether the contours of the right, in general, were sufficiently clear, and whether, under the specific facts of the case, a reasonable defendant would have understood that he was violating the right.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Walker v. Femino“Carroll v. Carman , --- U.S. ----, 135 S.Ct. 348 , 350, 190 L.Ed.2d 311 (2014) (per curiam) (quoting Ashcroft v. al-Kidd , 563 U.S. 731 , 131 S.Ct. 2074 , 2085, 179 L.Ed.2d 1149 (2011) ). The qualified immunity inquiry normally proceeds as follows: First, [the Court] inquire[s] whether the facts, taken most favorably to the party opposing summary judgment, make out a constitutional violation. Second, [the Court] inquire[s] whether the violated right was clearly established at the time that the offending conduct occurred. The second,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Walker v. Femino“[w]e are aware of no case ... where a court held that ignoring an uncooperative suspect's claim of invisible injury (such that handcuffing could be harmful) made during the course of handcuffing constituted excessive force.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.