Morales v. Ramirez’s Empirical Analysis
906 F.2d 784 · 1990
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 10 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 287 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Anderson v. Creighton
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that, in certain cases, some aspect of the merits may be inexorably intertwined with the issue of qualified immunity”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“‘Because qualified immunity does not address the substantive viability of [the asserted] claim, but rather the objective reasonableness of a defendant’s actions, a plaintiff who is entitled to prevail on the merits is not necessarily entitled to prevail on the issue of qualified immunity-’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cookish v. Powell“It is perfectly obvious that if pendent appellate jurisdiction is available at all [on an interlocutory qualified immunity appeal]--a matter on which we intimate no view--the doctrine's use is discretionary.”
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.