Halley v. Huckaby’s Empirical Analysis
902 F.3d 1136 · 2018
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Oklahoma Eastern District Court)
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Florida v. Royer · Malley v. Briggs · County of Sacramento v. Lewis · Rochin v. People of California
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.
“[g]eneral statements of the law can clearly establish a right for qualified immunity purposes if they apply with obvious clarity to the specific conduct in question.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A clearly established right is one that is sufficiently clear that every reasonable official would have understood that what he is doing violates that right.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A Supreme Court or Tenth Circuit decision on point or the weight of authority from other courts can clearly establish a right,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.