Wise v. Pea Ridge School District’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions

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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1) the need for the application of corporal punishment; 2) the relationship between the need and the amount of punishment administered; 3) the extent of injury inflicted; and 4) whether the punishment was administered in a good faith effort to maintain discipline or maliciously and sadistically for the very purpose of causing harm.”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wells v. Ayers · Thomas v. Board of Education of West Greene School District

2. “A decision to discipline a student, if accomplished through excessive force and appreciable physical pain, may constitute an invasion of the child's Fifth Amendment liberty interest in his personal security and a violation of substantive due process prohibited by the Fourteenth Amendment.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. P.B., on Her Own Behalf and on Behalf of N.B., a Minor S.G., on Her Own Behalf and on Behalf of L.G., a Minor C.D., on Her Own Behalf and on Behalf of D.D. v. Alfred Koch, Principal of Preston High School, and Scott Beckstead Mary Jo Roberts George Wilcox Orson Bowler · Pb Nb Sg Lg Cd Dd v. Koch

3. “[I]f the use of force was objectively reasonable-that is, if it 'was not excessive as a matter of law and was a reasonable response to the student's misconduct'-then the subjective intent of the school official is unimportant.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Wells v. Ayers · Tw Ex Rel. Wilson v. School Bd., Seminole, Fla.