Greenman v. Jessen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 6 district ·

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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[E]ven if [the arresting officer] cited a different offense when he arrested [the plaintiff], “probable cause for the arrest still exist[ed] as long as the facts known to the officer would provide probable cause to arrest for the violation of some other law.” United States v. Demilia, 771 F.3d 1051, 1054 (8th Cir. 2014). “In other words, an ‘arresting officer’s state of mind (except for the facts that he knows) is irrelevant to the existence of probable cause.’ ” Id. (quoting Devenpeck v. Alford, 543 U.S. 146, 153 , 125 S.Ct. 588 , 160 L.Ed.2d 537 (2004)). “[His] subjective reason for making the arrest need not be the criminal offense as to which the known facts provide probable cause.” Id. (quotation omitted).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Baldwin v. Estherville, Iowa

2. “Where a particular amendment provides an explicit textual source of constitutional protection against a particular sort of government behavior, that Amendment, not the more generalized notion of substantive due process, must be the guide for the analysis of these claims.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Parada v. Anoka Cnty.

3. “(1) whether the facts shown by the plaintiff make out a violation of a constitutional or statutory right, and (2) whether that right was clearly established at the time of the defendant's alleged misconduct.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 355 F. Supp. 3d 849 - Danielson v. Huether