Dickerson v. McClellan’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Mitchell v. Forsyth · Myers v. United States · Poe v. Haydon · Kennedy v. City of Cleveland · Major Media of the Southeast, Inc. v. City of Raleigh
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“objectively unreasonable in light of the clearly established law regarding the knock and announce rule and its exceptions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“material factual disputes existed regarding the reasonableness of using lethal force against Mr. Dickerson.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“that the loud voice was directed at the phone”
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.