Hamby v. Hammond’s Empirical Analysis
821 F.3d 1085 · 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 Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Estelle v. Gamble · Farmer v. Brennan · Pearson v. Callahan · Malley v. Briggs
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'right must be sufficiently clear that every reasonable official would have understood that what he is doing violates that right.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“at the relevant time, the key question is whether the defendants should have known that their specific actions were unconstitutional given the specific facts under review.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“in conscious disregard of an excessive risk to [Edmo's] health.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.