Robinson v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis
2012
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 Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Graham v. Connor · Coolidge v. New Hampshire
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“False imprisonment consists of the ‘(1) intentional and (2) unjustified (3) confinement of a person, (4) directly or indirectly (5) of which the person confined is conscious or is harmed by such confinement.’ An arresting officer may be liable for false imprisonment unless the officer had ‘reasonable grounds’ for making the arrest. The requirement of ‘reasonable grounds’ substantially overlaps with the constitutional requirement of probable cause.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[A]n issue is 'genuine' if it 'may reasonably be resolved in favor of either party.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.