New v. Denver’s Empirical Analysis
787 F.3d 895 · 2015
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 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 Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Whren v. United States · Scott v. Harris · Baker v. McCollan
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Qualified immunity applies when “a reasonable officer could have believed [the] arrest to be lawful, in light of clearly established law and the information the arresting officer[] possessed.” [Hunter, 502 U.S.] at 227, 112 S.Ct. 534 (emphasis added). “[T]he issue for immunity purposes is not probable cause in fact but arguable probable cause, that is, whether the officer should have known that the arrest violated plaintiffs clearly established right.” Habiger v. City of Fargo, 80 F.3d 289 , 295 (8th Cir.) (quotation omitted), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 1011 , 117 S.Ct. 518 , 136 L.Ed.2d 407 (1996).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“an objectively reasonable police officer with [defendant's] training and experience could have reasonably believed that [he had] probable cause to arrest”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Carrero v. Farrelly
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.