Waters v. Madson’s Empirical Analysis
921 F.3d 725 · 2019
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1367 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Terry v. Ohio · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Anderson v. Creighton · 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“could reasonably conclude that [the suspect's] unpredictable behavior would continue to escalate and that handcuffing him and briefly placing him in the squad car was the least intrusive means of maintaining the status quo and protecting [the suspect], themselves, and bystanders while the officers investigated”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Joseph v. Donahue“reasonable officers in the same position could have believed their conduct was 'lawful, in light of clearly established law and the information the ... officers possessed' at the time.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Oglesby v. Lesan“'clearly established' at the time of [the] defendant's alleged misconduct[,]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Oglesby v. Lesan
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.