Collins v. Al-Shami’s Empirical Analysis
851 F.3d 727 · 2017
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Graham v. Connor · Kingsley v. Hendrickson · Abdullahi ex rel. Estate of Mohamed v. City of Madison · Iskander v. Village of Forest Park
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is not liable, so-even if the theory of respondeat superior were available-neither is his employer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gaston v. Ghosh
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.