Rainsberger v. Benner’s Empirical Analysis
913 F.3d 640 · 2019
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Illinois v. Gates · Anderson v. Creighton · Mitchell v. Forsyth · United States v. Leon
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[q]ualified immunity depends on whether it would have been 'clear to a reasonable officer that his conduct was unlawful in the situation he confronted.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a competent officer would not even entertain the question whether it was lawful for him to lie in a probable cause affidavit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he relevant question is what a well-trained officer would have thought about the lawfulness of that action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Irish v. Fowler
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.