Capps v. Olson’s Empirical Analysis
780 F.3d 879 · 2015
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
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Applies 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 · Duncan v. Walker · SAUCIER v. KATZ 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[g]eneral statements of the law are not inherently incapable of giving fair and clear warning, and in other instances a general constitutional rule already identified in the decisional law may apply with obvious clarity to the specific conduct in question,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]n an obvious case, [general] standards can clearly establish the answer, even without a body of relevant case law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“clearly established in a particularized sense,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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