Geter v. Fortenberry’s Empirical Analysis
882 F.2d 167 · 1989
Citation profile
25 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably Moldowan v. City of Warren (2009), Hale v. Townley (1995)
25 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Anderson v. Creighton · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Malley v. Briggs · Manson v. Brathwaite
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Geter II ") ("insisting that [witnesses] pick an individual from photo lineups, prodding the witnesses to select another picture when they had chosen incorrectly, and becoming hostile ... when a witness refused to cooperate”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We agree ... that a police officer cannot avail himself of a qualified immunity defense if he procures false identification by unlawful means ..., for such activity violates clearly established constitutional principles.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Knox v. Genison“We examine the plaintiffs' factual allegations only to determine whether they would be sufficient, if proven, to make out a violation of clearly-established law.”
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.