Wealot v. Brooks’s Empirical Analysis
865 F.3d 1119 · 2017
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
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 Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Graham v. Connor · Pearson v. Callahan · Tennessee v. Garner
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“put officers on notice ... that they may not use deadly force under circumstances in which they should know that the suspect does not present an immediate threat of serious physical injury or harm”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Making credibility determinations or weighing evidence in this manner is improper at the summary judgment stage, and it is not our function to remove the credibility assessment from the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“for municipal liability to attach, individual liability first must be found on an underlying substantive claim”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.