Alfano v. Lynch’s Empirical Analysis
847 F.3d 71 · 2017
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 10 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“identify either 'controlling authority' or a 'consensus of cases of persuasive authority' sufficient to send a clear signal to a reasonable official that certain conduct falls short of the constitutional norm.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gray v. Cummings · Bannon v. Godin“The doctrine's prophylactic sweep is broad: it leaves unprotected only those officials who, 'from an objective standpoint, should have known that their conduct was unlawful.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The qualified immunity analysis entails a two-step pavane.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bannon v. Godin · Winfield v. Keefe
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.