Harris v. Pittman’s Empirical Analysis
927 F.3d 266 · 2019
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
July 2024
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Graham v. Connor · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Pearson v. Callahan
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in which an officer would be required to reason backward from case law 'at a high level of generality' to determine whether his conduct violated a constitutional right.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Graves v. Lioi“[E]ven where an initial use of deadly force is reasonable, the repeated use of force may be constitutionally excessive if circumstances change in a material way.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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