Myers v. Patterson’s Empirical Analysis
819 F.3d 625 · 2016
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · O'Connor v. Donaldson · Miller v. Wolpoff & Abramson, L.L.P. · Lennon v. Miller · Rodriguez v. City of New York
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.
“[t]o handcuff and detain, even briefly, a person for mental-health reasons, an officer must have probable cause to believe that the person presented a risk of harm to herself or others.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]here is still no constitutional basis for confining [mentally ill] persons involuntarily if they are dangerous to no one and can live safely in freedom.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Governmental actors, including police officers, enjoy qualified immunity from suit for constitutional violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.