Jones v. Kirchner’s Empirical Analysis
835 F.3d 74 · 2016
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 879 (§ 509 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1658 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Mitchell v. Forsyth · United States v. Leon
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Qualified immunity depends upon the answers to two questions: (1) Did the officer's conduct violate a constitutional or statutory right? If so, (2) was that right clearly established at the time of the violation?”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[T]he pleadings must 'give the defendants fair notice of what the claim is and the grounds upon which it rests,' but the Rule 'does not require detailed factual allegations.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[T]he District tolls the statute of limitations for causes of action that accrue while a plaintiff is imprisoned, beginning at the time of his or her arrest.... Tolling stops when the plaintiff is released[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.