Longoria v. Pinal County’s Empirical Analysis

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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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]t summary judgment, an officer may be denied qualified immunity in a Section 1983 action "only if (1) the facts alleged, taken in the light most favorable to the party asserting injury, show that the officer's conduct violated a constitutional right, and (2) the right at issue was clearly established at the time of the incident such that a reasonable officer would have understood [his] conduct to be unlawful in that situation."”

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

2. “The relevant, dispositive inquiry in determining whether a right is clearly established is whether it would be clear to a reasonable officer that his conduct was unlawful in the situation he confronted.”

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

3. “The record reveals many other facts in dispute that are material to the determination of whether a reasonable officer would have perceived that [plaintiff] posed any immediate threat.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 369 F. Supp. 3d 990 - Wallisa v. City of Hesparia