Riggs v. Gibbs’s Empirical Analysis
923 F.3d 518 · 2019
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Johnson v. Jones · United States v. Knights · Ashcroft v. al-Kidd · Ashcroft v. al-Kidd · Pace v. City of Des Moines
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Our jurisdiction to consider an appeal of an order denying summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity is limited to the purely legal issue of whether the facts alleged support a claim of violation of clearly established law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]f defendants are simply arguing that the plaintiff offered insufficient evidence to create a material issue of fact for trial, we lack jurisdiction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“An order denying qualified immunity can be immediately appealable despite the fact that it is interlocutory.”
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.