Tatum v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate ·

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.

1. “[a]n officer's use of force violates the Fourth Amendment if it is objectively unreasonable in light of the facts and circumstances of the particular case, as 'judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene, rather than with the 20/20 vision of hindsight.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Neal v. Ficcadenti

2. “(1) the facts, viewed in the light most favorable to [her], demonstrate the deprivation of a constitutional or statutory right; and (2) the right was clearly established at the time of the deprivation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moore-Jones v. Quick

3. “affirm the district court on any basis supported by the record.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Johnson v. City of Minneapolis