Hopper v. Phil Plummer’s Empirical Analysis
887 F.3d 744 · 2018
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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 · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Pearson v. Callahan
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well-established that 'a defendant challenging the denial of summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds must be willing to concede the most favorable view of the facts to the plaintiff for purposes of the appeal.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jacobs v. Alam“While the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable seizures bars excessive force against free citizens, the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment bars excessive force against convicted persons.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“an appeal challenging the district court's factual determination insofar as the challenge contests that determination as 'blatantly contradicted by the record, so that no reasonable jury could believe it.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jacobs v. Alam
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.