Irish v. Maine’s Empirical Analysis
849 F.3d 521 · 2017
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on County of Sacramento v. Lewis · Joshua Deshaney, a Minor, by His Guardian Ad Litem, and Melody Deshaney,s v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, et al. · 134 S. Ct. 2012 - Plumhoff v. Rickard · Rivera v. Rhode Island · Kennedy Jd v. City of Ridgefield Wa
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hile this circuit has discussed the possible existence of the state-created danger theory, we have never found it applicable to any specific set of facts.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“circuits have recognized the existence of the state-created danger theory”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although the circumstances of each case impact whether the state action at issue meets this standard, 'where actors have an opportunity to reflect and make reasoned and rational decisions, deliberately indifferent behavior may suffice.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.