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907 F.3d 986 · 2018

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
January 2025
most recently cited

2 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291

Relies on Mitchell v. Forsyth · Pearson v. Callahan · Duncan v. Walker · SAUCIER v. KATZ Et Al. · Hope v. Pelzer

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

  1. “constitutional right was clearly established at the time of the alleged violation.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “in light of the specific context of the case, not as a broad general proposition.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “whether the violative nature of particular conduct is clearly established.”
    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.