Morse v. Cloutier’s Empirical Analysis
869 F.3d 16 · 2017
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Graham v. Connor · Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · Payton v. New York · Johnson v. United States
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.
“'controlling authority' or a 'consensus of cases of persuasive authority' sufficient to signal to a reasonable officer that particular conduct would violate a constitutional right.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the court must determine whether the plaintiff's version of the facts makes out a violation of a protected right.”
2 later decisions 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.