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804 F.3d 538 · 2015

Citation profile

14
cited by 14 later decisions
July 2022
most recently cited

1 federal appellate · 1 district ·

Appellate journey

reviewedthe decision below (from New York Eastern District Court)

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Anderson v. Creighton · United States v. Agurs · Pearson v. Callahan · Napue v. People of the State of Illinois · Buckley v. Fitzsimmons

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

  1. “it was not 'objectively legally reasonable' for the defendants ... to believe that it was permissible”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Collins v. City of N.Y. · Harasz v. Katz
  2. “[G]overnment officials may be held liable for fabricating evidence through false statements or omissions that are both material and made knowingly.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Anilao v. Spota · Harasz v. Katz
  3. “ha[ve] been inconsistent as to whether fabrication of evidence claims arise under the Sixth Amendment right to a fair and speedy trial, or under the due process clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.... [R]egardless of which constitutional amendment prohibits government officers from fabricating evidence, these cases clearly establish that the harm caused by such conduct is redressable through a § 1983 action for damages.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Harasz v. Katz

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.