Eves v. LePage’s Empirical Analysis
927 F.3d 575 · 2019
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Pearson v. Callahan · Elrod v. Burns
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“protect[] 'all but the plainly incompetent or those who knowingly violate the law.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) they violated a federal statutory or constitutional right, and (2) the unlawfulness of their conduct was 'clearly established at the time.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in a particularized sense so that the contours of the right are clear to a reasonable official.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Perry v. Spencer · Castagna v. Jean
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.