Turner v. Driver’s Empirical Analysis
848 F.3d 678 · 2017
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Northern District Court)
Relationships
Applies 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 · Terry v. Ohio · Anderson v. Creighton · Pearson v. Callahan
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Probable cause exists when all of the facts known by a police officer 'are sufficient for a reasonable person to conclude that the suspect had committed, or was in the process of committing, an offense.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“For a right to be clearly established, the contours of the right must be sufficiently clear that a reasonable official would understand that what he is doing violates that right. Thus, the right must already be clearly established at the time of the challenged conduct. When considering whether a defendant is entitled to qualified immunity, the court must ask whether the law so clearly and unambiguously prohibited his conduct that every reasonable official would understand that what he is doing violates the law. To answer that question in the affirmative, we must be able to point to controlling authority-or a robust consensus of persuasive authority-that defines the contours of the right in question with a high degree of particularity. Where no controlling authority specifically prohibits a defendant's conduct, and when the federal circuit courts are split on the issue, the law cannot be said to be clearly established. This is true even when the circuit split developed after the events in question.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“'engaged in their duties in a public place' " "contributes to the public's ability to hold the police accountable, ensure police officers are not abusing their power, and make informed decisions about police policy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Blakely v. Andrade
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.