Conlogue v. Hamilton’s Empirical Analysis
906 F.3d 150 · 2018
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Graham v. Connor · Pearson v. Callahan · Malley v. Briggs · Tennessee v. Garner
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[P]olice officers are often forced to make split-second judgments -- in circumstances that are tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving -- about the amount of force that is necessary ....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Begin v. Drouin · Bannon v. Godin“although injurious, 'do[] not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“some breathing room for a police officer even if he has made a mistake (albeit a reasonable one) about the lawfulness of his conduct.”
3 later decisions 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.