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Hill v. Walsh’s Empirical Analysis

884 F.3d 16 · 2018

Citation profile

20
cited by 20 later decisions
4
states following
January 2026
most recently cited

3 federal appellate · 5 district · 5 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Anderson v. Creighton · City of Canton v. Harris · Malley v. Briggs · Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati · Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown

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

  1. “no 'reasonable fact- finder, examining the evidence and drawing all reasonable inferences helpful to the [plaintiffs],' could resolve the dispute in the plaintiffs' favor.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “'objectively reasonable basis for believing' that 'a person within [the house] is in need of immediate aid.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “Matthew's history of overdosing and resisting the police, the subject line of the warrant [which listed Hill's address], and the appearance of a person inside the home”
    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.