Hopkins v. Stice’s Empirical Analysis
916 F.2d 1029 · 1990
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Creighton · Bishop v. Wood · East Line & Red River Railroad v. Scott · Sabine Pilot Service, Inc. v. Hauck · Wells v. Hico Independent School District
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.
“enjoys qualified immunity if a reasonable official would be left uncertain of the application of the standard to the facts confronting him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Schultea v. Wood
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.