Soto v. Gaudett’s Empirical Analysis
862 F.3d 148 · 2017
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Graham v. Connor · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Kentucky v. Graham
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“no precedent ... established that a suspect who was fleeing had a right not to be stopped by means of a taser.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jones v. Muniz“the use of force may be reasonable against a suspect who is fleeing,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jennings v. Decker
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.