Alicea v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
815 F.3d 283 · 2016
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Graham v. Connor · Safford Unified School District 1 v. Redding · Holmes v. Village of Hoffman Estates · Abbott v. Sangamon County · Miller v. Clark County
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is only reasonable when it is proportional to the •threat posed. If an officer's threat perception changes, so too should her force calculus.”); Lamont v. New Jersey, 637 F.3d 177, 184 (3d Cir. 2011) (”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“This prohibition against significant force against a subdued suspect applies notwithstanding a suspect's previous behavior-including resisting arrest, threatening officer safety, or potentially carrying a weapon.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gant v. Hartman“clearly established that using a significant level of force on a non-resisting or a passively resisting individual constitutes excessive force.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gant v. Hartman
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.