Lozada v. Weilminster’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Graham v. Connor
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.
“A Section 1983 claim for false arrest derives from [a plaintiff's] Fourth Amendment right to remain free from unreasonable seizures, which includes the right to remain free from arrest absent probable cause”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ivery v. Baldauf“liability will not attach to a defendant who furnishes information to law enforcement authorities who are then free to exercise their own judgment as to whether [a seizure] should be made,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“had the opportunity to observe Plaintiff and make his own determination as to whether her behavior warranted arrest”
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.